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Citrus and the state: factions and class formation in rural Belize
Author(s) -
MOBERG MARK
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
american ethnologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.875
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1548-1425
pISSN - 0094-0496
DOI - 10.1525/ae.1991.18.2.02a00020
Subject(s) - politics , state (computer science) , context (archaeology) , differential (mechanical device) , class (philosophy) , value (mathematics) , political economy , political science , class formation , sociology , development economics , economic growth , economics , geography , law , archaeology , engineering , algorithm , aerospace engineering , artificial intelligence , machine learning , computer science
This article examines local‐level politics and their effect on class formation in two neighboring Belizean villages. Charlestown and More Hope exhibit differing degrees of patronage‐based factionalism, which is related to the state's differential involvement in local politics. This involvement is in turn governed by the perceived political value of individual rural constituencies. The effects of factionalism on class structure in Charlestown—a community heavily contested by the governing party and its rivals—are illustrated in the context of an expanding export‐oriented citrus economy.