Politics of agricultural co-operativism : Peru, 1969-1983 / Tanya Korovkin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Korovkin, Tanya.

Contributor:

York University (Toronto, Ont.). Centre for Research on Latin America and the Caribbean.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Agriculture, Cooperative--Peru--History--20th century.

Agriculture, Cooperative.

Cotton growing--Peru--History--20th century.

Cotton growing.

Agriculture and state--Peru--History--20th century.

Agriculture and state.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (197 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Vancouver : University of British Columbia Press, c1990.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book is a detailed analysis of the evolution of state-sponsored agricultural co-operativism in Peru, an Andean country with high levels of land concentration and widespread rural poverty. Most Peruvian agricultural co-operatives were organized during the military populist government of Velasco Alvarado which, after radical land reform, transformed expropriated estates into co-operatives. From the start, these projects became subject to multiple pressures that ranged from unfavourable government economic policies -- designed to promote import-substitution industrialization at the expense of the agricultural sector -- to the growth of the co-operative bureaucracy and the deterioration of labour discipline. A shift toward market-oriented economic strategies after the fall of the Velasco government aggravated the co-operatives' difficulties. Stabilization programs implemented by Velasco's successor, General Mortales Bermudez, and liberalization of the national economy by the civilian government of Belaunder Terry dealt a severe blow to Peru's co-operative agriculture. The ensuing crisis gave rise to political mobilization against the market-oriented economic policies. However, the effectiveness of this movement was undermined by a trend toward dissolution of agricultural co-operatives by many members who turned to individual/private agriculture as a solution. Korovkin examines not only the diverging responses of co-operative memebers to the crisis, but also the external policy-related and internal organizational causes behind it. The focus of this book is on the cotton-growing sector that constituted the back-bone of the state-sponsored co-operative movement in Peru. The analysis of the national dynamic is complemented by case studies of three cotton estates converted into agricultural production co-operatives. One of these proved reasonably successful, while the other two experienced serious economic difficulties, looking for their solution in either poitical mobilization against the government's economic policies or in the shift to individual/private agriculture. The comparative analysis of their experiences provides valuable insights into the nature of organizational problems confronting Peru's co-operative movement. Korovkin also places the discussion of the Peruvian co-operative experience in a broader historical and theoretical perspective, focusing on the changing nature of social alliances and economic strategies during the populist and post-populist periods.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Tables

Abbreviations

Preface

Introduction

Agricultural Co-Operativism: A National Perspective

Agricultural Co-Operatives Under Military Populism 1969-1975

Co-Operatives in the Post-Populist Context 1975-1983

The Cotton Co-Operatives: A History of Success and Failure

The Origin and Socio-Economic Organization of the Cotton Co-Operatives

Co-Operative Institutions: Internal Participation and External Political Involvement

Co-Operative Economy in Crisis

Co-Operative Responses to the Economic Crisis

Conclusion

Appendices

Appendix 1

Appendix 2

Appendix 3

Appendix 4

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

"Published in association with the Centre for Research on Latin America and the Caribbean"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-180) and index.

ISBN:

1-283-22608-1

9786613226082

0-7748-5670-X

OCLC:

243613995