The Contradictions of the Green Revolution
1972; American Economic Association; Volume: 62; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
ISSN
1944-7981
Autores Tópico(s)Vietnamese History and Culture Studies
ResumoRadical intellectuals have been noticeably absent from recent discussion of the Green Revolution. This neglect is surprising given the importance being openly attached to this new agricultural strategy by the same foreign policy institutions which are often targets of radical research. The Ford and Rockefeller Foundations, the Development Advisory Service, the World Bank, and USAID have all provided either financing or managers for the Green Revolution. The neglect is also strange in a generation of radical economists who have been more impressed by the peasant revolutions of China and Vietnam than by Marx's vision of revolution by an industrial proletariat. Even a cursory review of the easily available literature shows an omnipresent fear on the part of capitalist policy makers that in parts of Asia the Green Revolution may have a sizable negative impact on social stability and increase the possibility of peasant insurgency. This paper attempts to bring the Green Revolution to the attention of radical economists and to open a discussion about the importance of the phenomena to U.S. imperialism and revolutionary strategy at home and abroad. I. The Green Revolution and Imperialism
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