Armed conflict, land grabs and primitive accumulation in Colombia: micro processes, macro trends and the puzzles in between

2015 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 255-274 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlos J. L. Gómez ◽  
Luis Sánchez-Ayala ◽  
Gonzalo A. Vargas
Keyword(s):  
Armed Conflict ◽  
Primitive Accumulation ◽  
Land Grabs

From Primitive Accumulation to Regimes of Dispossession

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Levien
Keyword(s):  
Global Economy ◽  
Use Of Force ◽  
Primitive Accumulation ◽  
Neoliberal Globalization ◽  
Land Transfer ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Land Grabs ◽  
Short Run ◽  
Transition To Capitalism ◽  
Open Question

In order to analyze land alienation in contemporary India, Shapan Adnan follows a theoretical approach in which mechanisms of primitive accumulation are not restricted to use of force, but include land transfer by agreement, as well as indirect mechanisms that are concerned with very different objectives. Reviewing evidence on land grabs, resistance, and workforce trends, he argues that primitive accumulation under neoliberal globalization has not been substantially followed by the absorption of the dispossessed in regular capitalist employment. Adnan puts forward a set of hypotheses to explain why the self-employed constituted at least half or more of the Indian workforce over 1999–2012. While such trends indicate a partial and short-run divergence from the classic Marxian schema of the transition to capitalism, Adnan argues that, given ongoing trends in the national and global economy, the long run outcome in India remains an open question.

scholarly journals Challenges of War

2014 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 98-103
Author(s):  
Francisco Gomez
Keyword(s):  
Rural Communities ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
Armed Conflict ◽  
Direct Relationship ◽  
Peasant Communities ◽  
Land Grabs ◽  
Neoliberal Policies

This policy brief looks at promoting Peasant Reserve Zones (ZRC) as a model for strengthening peasant communities affected by the ongoing-armed conflict in Colombia. It will also consider the direct relationship between violence, land grabs and the systematic implementation of neoliberal policies in the countryside. Likewise, this monopolistic occupation of land represents a delivered attempt to restrict peasant communities from their access to suitable territories and natural resources, often threatening traditional livelihoods. This policy brief highlights the reconfiguration of peasant communities by designing developmental alternatives at ZRC to confront land accumulation dynamics. By providing peasants with control over their territories and natural resources in ZRC the continual development of rural communities in conflict-prone areas will be guaranteed.

Armed conflict and children's rights.

1997 ◽  
Vol 52 (12) ◽  
pp. 1385-1386 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael G. Wessells
Keyword(s):  
Armed Conflict ◽  
Children's Rights ◽  
Children’S Rights
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