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abstract: 'Government officials and representatives of corporations and
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international organisations promoting oil palm argue this crop brings
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development by creating numerous jobs for the rural poor, even through
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large-scale plantations. This study critically assesses this narrative
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as deployed in Mesoamerica and analyses oil palm labour regimes in two
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study regions in Mexico and one in Guatemala where both smallholders and
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private sector plantations are producing oil palm. Following a political
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ecology framework, we analyse labour practices as embodied and
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political, taking into account larger processes of agrarian change.
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Based on interviews and surveys of producers and field labourers, we
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found oil palm production was characterised by low employment rates (one
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job or less for every 10 hectares of land) and flexible labour regimes
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under which field labourers face uncertain, poorly paid and risky
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circumstances at work. The palm oil industry defines development
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narrowly, as access to income without social change, while it profits
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from contemporary and historical inequalities that have turned young
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men, many of them indigenous Maya, rural women, and Guatemalan peasants
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into cheap labour. However, in oil palm production, profit oriented
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neoliberal arrangements by the private sector clash with a peasant moral
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economy that emphasise the value of physical labour and
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smallholder-worker solidarity. Despite being highly profitable, the palm
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oil industry offers limited livelihood opportunities for field
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labourers.'
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affiliation: 'Castellanos-Navarrete, A (Corresponding Author), Natl Autonomous Univ
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Mexico UNAM, Ctr Multidisciplinary Res Chiapas \& Southern Bord, Maria Adelina Flores
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34, Chiapas 29230, Mexico.
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Castellanos-Navarrete, Antonio, Natl Autonomous Univ Mexico UNAM, Ctr Multidisciplinary
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Res Chiapas \& Southern Bord, Maria Adelina Flores 34, Chiapas 29230, Mexico.
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Tobar-Tomas, William V.; Lopez-Monzon, Carlos E., San Carlos Univ, Northwestern
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Res Inst CUNOROC, Aldea Chivacabe 13001, Huehuetenango, Guatemala.'
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author: Castellanos-Navarrete, Antonio and Tobar-Tomas, William V. and Lopez-Monzon,
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Carlos E.
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author-email: acastela@unam.mx
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author_list:
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- family: Castellanos-Navarrete
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given: Antonio
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- family: Tobar-Tomas
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given: William V.
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- family: Lopez-Monzon
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given: Carlos E.
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da: '2023-09-28'
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doi: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2018.08.011
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files: []
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issn: 0743-0167
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journal: JOURNAL OF RURAL STUDIES
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keywords: 'Dispossession; Moral economy; Neoliberalism; Precarisation; Rural
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Employment'
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keywords-plus: 'GENDER; PLANTATIONS; EXPANSION; SMALLHOLDERS; ENVIRONMENT; GUATEMALA;
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POLICY; MEXICO'
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language: English
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month: OCT
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number-of-cited-references: '70'
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orcid-numbers: Castellanos-Navarrete, Antonio/0000-0001-5796-962X
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pages: 169-180
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papis_id: 36dc85c04b707f1b34560f6f91432fd1
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ref: Castellanosnavarrete2019developmentchange
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researcherid-numbers: Castellanos-Navarrete, Antonio/J-1077-2016
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times-cited: '12'
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title: 'Development without change: Oil palm labour regimes, development narratives,
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and disputed moral economies in Mesoamerica'
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2023-10-01 08:15:07 +00:00
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type: article
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2023-09-28 14:46:10 +00:00
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unique-id: WOS:000497249800016
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usage-count-last-180-days: '2'
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usage-count-since-2013: '12'
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volume: '71'
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web-of-science-categories: Geography; Regional \& Urban Planning
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year: '2019'
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