Small Farmers and Social Capital in Development Projects: Lessons from Failures in Argentina's Rural Periphery

Autor/in	Michelini, Juan Jose
Titel	Small Farmers and Social Capital in Development Projects: Lessons from Failures in Argentina's Rural Periphery
Quelle	In: Journal of Rural Studies, 30 (2013), S.99-109 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0743-0167
DOI	10.1016/j.jrurstud.2013.01.001
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Social Capital; Rural Development; Economic Development; Barriers; Program Implementation; Government Role; Rural Population; Rural Sociology; Rural Economics; Agricultural Production; Agribusiness; Agricultural Occupations; Public Policy; Policy Formation; Policy Analysis; Regional Planning; Regional Programs; Regional Cooperation; Water; Natural Resources; Failure; Program Effectiveness; Argentina + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Sozialkapital; Rural environment; Development; Ländliches Milieu; Entwicklung; Wirtschaftsentwicklung; Landbevölkerung; Agrarsoziologie; Agriculture; Production; Landwirtschaft; Produktion; Agrarproduktion; Landwirtschaftliche Produktion; Agrarindustrie; Occupation; Beruf; Landwirtschaftlicher Beruf; Öffentliche Ordnung; Politische Betätigung; Politikfeldanalyse; Regionalplanung; Regional program; Regional programme; Regionalprogramm; Regionale Zusammenarbeit; Wasser; Natural Ressource; Natürliche Ressource; Argentinien
Abstract	The importance of social capital as a resource for rural development, especially in the context of projects involving joint participation of state and civil society, is widely recognized today. This paper analyzes the obstacles confronted by local players--small farmers and government organizations--in the development of an irrigation area through the implementation of a social colonization project in the Upper Colorado River Basin (Argentina). After reviewing theoretical perspectives on social capital and development, the paper deals with the difficulties faced by economic agents in building social capital and the impact of this process on the productivity of farms and the progress of the territory. Finally, it discusses how public policies and institutional design has hampered the formation of social capital. Additionally, we stress the importance of this kind of analysis to critically revise the current role of these areas from the perspective of local and regional development. (Contains 1 table and 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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