El Estado cordobés y los empresarios del agronegocio (1996-2016)
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2019-09
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Facultad de Ciencia Política y Relaciones Internacionales
Abstract
En Argentina, y particularmente en la provincia de Córdoba, hay una gran
tendencia a la monoproducción. En este contexto, el agronegocio es una
economía globalizada compuesta por una racionalidad capitalista que
implica una homogeneización en la producción agrícola; esto es posible por
su estrecha relación con el capital tecnológico, la biotecnología y el capital
financiero, todo lo cual permite aumentar la productividad, rentabilidad y
competitividad de los procesos productivos desde la reorganización de los
territorios. En otras palabras, es una lógica vertical con pretensiones de
homogeneizar la productividad agrícola desde lo macro a lo micro, que en
oportunidades confrontan con lógicas de producción locales que tienen otros
tipo de racionalidad productiva.
El proceso de descentralización que surgió en la década de los setenta se
ha profundizado en los años noventa del siglo pasado; ha descentralizado
responsabilidades y funciones desde el gobierno nacional hacia las
provincias y municipios. Por ello, la tendencia a la monoproducción en la
provincia de Córdoba es acompañada por el accionar del Estado provincial
que va impulsando, a través de políticas públicas, un determinado modelo de
desarrollo, beneficiando a determinados sectores sociales ligados al
agronegocio. En este contexto, el objeto de estudio de la presente
investigación puede formularse de la siguiente manera: ¿Cuáles fueron y
cómo pueden caracterizarse las políticas públicas mediante las cuales los
gobiernos provinciales de Córdoba habrían promocionado, en diverso grado
y de distintas maneras, los intereses del empresariado ligado al agronegocio,
desde 1996 hasta el 2016?
Para ello, hemos examinado minuciosamente los boletines oficiales
provinciales durante el periodo mencionado, con la intención de identificar
aquellas acciones realizadas por los sucesivos gobiernos provinciales y el
poder legislativo cordobés. Además, se utilizó otra fuente secundaria como son los debates parlamentarios realizados durante la sanción de proyectos
legislativos en esos veinte años.
monoproduction. In this context, agribusiness implies a globalized economy based on a capitalist rationality that indicates the homogenization of agricultural production. Technological capital, biotechnology and financial capital make this feasible and help productivity, profitability and competitiveness of productive processes increase through the reorganization of territories. In other words, a vertical logic with a strong tendency to homogenise agricultural productivity can be observed moving from the macro system to the micro system. This tendency sometimes contrasts the local production logic, which has a different type of productive rationality. The decentralization process, which appeared in the seventies and strengthened in the nineties of the past century, has decentralized national government responsibilities and functions and has moved to provincial governments and local councils. For this reason, the tendency to monoproduction in the province of Cordoba is tied to the way in which the provincial government/State promotes a specific development model through public policies. Thus, certain social sectors related to agribusiness are benefited. In this context, the object of study of this research can be formulated as follows: What were the public policies that provincial governments in Cordoba could have used to promote business people’s interests in the agribusiness sector from 1996 to 2016? and How can these policies be characterized considering their scope – the level and the way in which they were applied? In order to answer these questions, official provincial journals in the period mentioned above were thoroughly examined so as to identify the way in which consecutive provincial governments and the legislature in Cordoba acted. Besides, parliamentary debates to pass legislative projects during those twenty years were used as a secondary source for the analysis.
monoproduction. In this context, agribusiness implies a globalized economy based on a capitalist rationality that indicates the homogenization of agricultural production. Technological capital, biotechnology and financial capital make this feasible and help productivity, profitability and competitiveness of productive processes increase through the reorganization of territories. In other words, a vertical logic with a strong tendency to homogenise agricultural productivity can be observed moving from the macro system to the micro system. This tendency sometimes contrasts the local production logic, which has a different type of productive rationality. The decentralization process, which appeared in the seventies and strengthened in the nineties of the past century, has decentralized national government responsibilities and functions and has moved to provincial governments and local councils. For this reason, the tendency to monoproduction in the province of Cordoba is tied to the way in which the provincial government/State promotes a specific development model through public policies. Thus, certain social sectors related to agribusiness are benefited. In this context, the object of study of this research can be formulated as follows: What were the public policies that provincial governments in Cordoba could have used to promote business people’s interests in the agribusiness sector from 1996 to 2016? and How can these policies be characterized considering their scope – the level and the way in which they were applied? In order to answer these questions, official provincial journals in the period mentioned above were thoroughly examined so as to identify the way in which consecutive provincial governments and the legislature in Cordoba acted. Besides, parliamentary debates to pass legislative projects during those twenty years were used as a secondary source for the analysis.
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Estado, Políticas públicas, Córdoba, Sector agropecuario, Agronegocios, Empresarios