Algunas reflexiones sobre los estudios rurales en América Latina

Abstract

This essay analyses some of the principal research themes of rural studies on Latin America during the last two to three decades. The transformations in the rural economy & society engendered by the process of neoliberal globalization & the sociopolitical protests of peasants, indigenous peoples & women against discrimination & neoliberal policies infuse rural studies. The analytical perspective of the "new rurality" is seen by many researchers as the best approach for capturing these changes & designing pro-peasant public policies. Other themes examined here are peasant differentiation, the gap between peasant & capitalist farming, the feminization & flexibilization of rural labor, urban-rural relations, peasant & indigenous movements, agrarian reform & rural poverty. References. Adapted from the source document.