At the Margins of the Global Market: Making Commodities, Workers, and Crisis in Rural Colombia

Author:   Phillip A. Hough (Florida Atlantic University)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
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9781009005760


Pages:   373
Publication Date:   25 January 2024
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Author:   Phillip A. Hough (Florida Atlantic University)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
ISBN:  

9781009005760


ISBN 10:   1009005766
Pages:   373
Publication Date:   25 January 2024
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
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Introduction: The contradictions of Colombian development; 1. Towards a sociology of labor and development at the margins of the market; 2. The rise of Fedecafé hegemony in Viejo Caldas; 3: Fedecafé's labor regime in the arc of US world hegemony; 4. The world historical origins of despotism in Urabá; 5. Despotism, crisis, and the social contradictions of peripheral proletarianization in Urabá; 6. From despotism to counter-hegemony in the Caguán; 7. An uncertain future in the Caguán and beyond; Conclusion: Towards a labor-friendly development in an era of world systemic crisis.

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Phillip A. Hough is a Colombian-American sociologist who specializes in political economy, labour and agrarian movements, global commodity studies, comparative and world historical sociology, and Latin American development. His current research focuses on labour/agrarian struggles, state and paramilitary violence, class and state formations, and forced displacement and surplus populations.  

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