Rural Chile Research Articles

Good Wives and Unfaithful Men: Gender Negotiations and Sexual Conflicts in the Chilean Agrarian Reform, 1964 –1973

Good Wives and Unfaithful Men: Gender Negotiations and Sexual Conflicts in the Chilean Agrarian Reform, 1964 –1973

Introducing photovoltaic systems into homes in rural Chile

In 1992, when the last Chilean census was taken, 240,000 homes in the country were without electricity. During the last few years, several systems have been implemented in rural areas to generate power: small hydraulic plants in southern Chile to take advantage of a greater hydraulic capacity, and solar home systems (SHS) in northern Chile where solar radiation is more abundant. The SHS consists of a photovoltaic panel, a charge regulator, a battery, lights, a socket and switches. There are no set standards for the installation of the SHS, and the exact number of systems installed and their faults (if any) are not known. Nor is it clear if the expectations of the financing organizations or the users have been fulfilled. Until now, there has not been any study of the impact that these systems have had on the population. This work corresponds to the first part of a study suggesting standards for the installation of the SHS, and also considers some additional general and specific issues related to photovoltaic electrification. The objective of this work is to evaluate the social and technical advantages and disadvantages of the existing photovoltaic systems in the commune of Camarones. The systems are identified and classified, and their faults and virtues are determined in order to present possible improvements to those systems.

The changing role of NGOs in rural Chile after democracy

The article examines how NGOs in rural Chile operated during the dictatorship and how their role changed after the return of democracy. An NGO (OPDECH) in Southern Chile is used as a case study. During the Pinochet regime, NGOs maintained a critical distance from the government by creating a niche for opposition researchers and activists. They provided a possibility of economic survival for professionals whilst working on alternative proposals to address the socio-economic needs of the poor majority. External funding from international agencies provided much needed resources but created as well a culture of reliance and a clientelistic middle class of professionals. The NGO in Southern Chile became a nucleus of resistance and expertise on regional development by safekeeping democratic tradition and providing a range of solutions to local development problems. After the restoration of democratic government many professionals joined the government. NGOs exchanged their altruism for a more pragmatic, opportunistic and, in some cases, more efficient role as executors of government programmes. The case study in Southern Chile illustrates this trajectory well. After municipal elections a collaborative role with local government was sought by OPDECH that aimed to implement local initiatives as well as advise local and regional governments on environmental and developmental issues. Given the NGOs historical commitment to grassroots development, it remains to be seen what role they can play in supporting local government while forging a new role for themselves in a democratic context.

Gender and the state in rural Chile

This paper focuses on SERNAM, the state institution responsible for the incorporation of gender into public policy in Chile,and the actions taken by the state to benefit women employed in the modern agricultural sector. It charts the emergence of the demands for such an institution by the women's movement, and the creation of SERNAM as an integral part of the transition to democracy. In particular, the paper analyses the Programme for the Children of the Temporeras, which is a unique state-led initiative to provide childcare facilities to enable women to enter the seasonal labour market during the summer months. The paper explores the complex relations between gender, the state, capitalist agriculture and patriarchal structures, with the aim of highlighting the sometimes unexpected convergence of interests, and the points of conflict.

The Changing Role of NGOs in Rural Chile After Democracy

Abstract — The article examines how NGOs in rural Chile operated during the dictatorship and how their role changed after the return of democracy. An NGO (OPDECH) in Southern Chile is used as a case study. During the Pinochet regime, NGOs maintained a critical distance from the government by creating a niche for opposition researchers and activists. They provided a possibility of economic survival for professionals whilst working on alternative proposals to address the socio‐economic needs of the poor majority. External funding from international agencies provided much needed resources but created as well a culture of reliance and a clientelistic middle class of professionals. The NGO in Southern Chile became a nucleus of resistance and expertise on regional development by safekeeping democratic tradition and providing a range of solutions to local development problems. After the restoration of democratic government many professionals joined the government. NGOs exchanged their altruism for a more pragmatic, opportunistic and, in some cases, more efficient role as executors of government programmes. The case study in Southern Chile illustrates this trajectory well. After municipal elections a collaborative role with local government was sought by OPDECH that aimed to implement local initiatives as well as advise local and regional governments on environmental and developmental issues. Given the NGOs historical commitment to grassroots development, it remains to be seen what role they can play in supporting local government while forging a new role for themselves in a democratic context.

Gender and the State in Rural Chile

Abstract — This paper focuses on SERNAM, the state institution responsible for the incorporation of gender into public policy in Chile, and the actions taken by the state to benefit women employed in the modern agricultural sector. It charts the emergence of the demands for such an institution by the women's movement, and the creation of SERNAM as an integral part of the transition to democracy. In particular, the paper analyses the Programme for the Children of the Temporeras, which is a unique state‐led initiative to provide childcare facilities to enable women to enter the seasonal labour market during the summer months. The paper explores the complex relations between gender, the state, capitalist agriculture and patriarchal structures, with the aim of highlighting the sometimes unexpected convergence of interests, and the points of conflict.

Neo-Liberal Agriculture in Rural Chile

Neo-Liberal Agriculture in Rural Chile

David E. Hojman (ed.), Neo-liberal Agriculture in Rural Chile (London: Macmillan, 1990), pp. xv+235, £40.00.

David E. Hojman (ed.), Neo-liberal Agriculture in Rural Chile (London: Macmillan, 1990), pp. xv+235, £40.00.

Neo-Liberalism in Agriculture: Capitalist Modernization in The Chilean Countryside during The Pinochet Years

The article explores the political economy of the Chilean military regime as it affected agricultural development, with a focus on the social consequences of its neo liberal policies. Rural social structures and political organizations are examined in the light of changing economic conditions. The contradiction between Chile's economic success and the growing pauperization and marginalization of the bulk of the rural population is analyzed. New forms of mass organization and popular survival strategies are counterpoised to new forms of capitalist restructuring of rural Chile. The paper concludes by highlighting the structural difficulties faced by the new democratic government in instituting much-needed social reforms within the context of a thorough counter-revolution in the agrarian sector.

Land and Labour in Latin America: Essays on the Development of Agrarian Capitalism in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries.

List of tables List of figures List of maps Acknowledgements 1. Introduction: patterns of agrarian capitalism in Latin America Part I. The transition from traditional hacienda to capitalist estate 2. Hacienda profits and tenant farming in the Mexican Bajio, 1700-1860 3. Landlord, labourer and tenant in San Luis Potosi, northern Mexico, 1822-1910 4. Land and labour in rural Chile, 1850-1935 5. The development of the Chilean hacienda system, 1850-1973 6. Relations of production in Andean haciendas: Peru 7. The formation of the coffee estate in nineteenth-century Costa Rica Part II: The development of a plantation economy with labour recruitment from highland peasant communities 8. The integration of the highland peasantry into the sugar cane economy of northern Argentina, 1930-43 9. The social and economic consequences of modernisation in the Peruvian sugar industry, 1870-1930 10. The dynamics of Indian peasant society and migration to coastal plantations in central Peru 11. A Colombian coffee estate: Santa Barbara, Cundinamarca, 1870-1912 Part III. The development of commercial agriculture using European immigrant labour 12. The coffee colono of Sao Paulo, Brazil: migration and mobility, 1880-1930 13. The cereal boom and changes in the social and political structure of Santa Fe, Argentina, 1870-95 Part IV. The transition from slave plantation to capitalist plantation 14. The consequences of modernisation fro Brazil's sugar plantations in the nineteenth century 15. From bangue to usina: social aspects of growth and modernisation in the sugar industry of Pernambuco, Brazil, 1850-1920 16. The evolution of rural wage labour in the Cauca Valley of Colombia, 1700-1970 17. The post-emancipation origins of the relationships between the estates and the peasantry in Trinidad Part V. Postscript 18. Latin American 'landlords' and 'peasants' and the outer world during the national period 19. Abstracts of other papers Glossary Weights and measures Notes on contributors Indexes.

Fertility in rural Chile.

Fertility in rural Chile.

The Relationship between Institutional and Informal Credit Markets in Rural Chile

The Relationship between Institutional and Informal Credit Markets in Rural Chile

Interest Rates and Imperfect Competition in the Informal Credit Market of Rural Chile

Previous articleNext article No AccessInterest Rates and Imperfect Competition in the Informal Credit Market of Rural ChileCharles NisbetCharles Nisbet Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by Economic Development and Cultural Change Volume 16, Number 1Oct., 1967 Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/450270 Views: 16Total views on this site Citations: 13Citations are reported from Crossref Copyright 1967 The University of ChicagoPDF download Crossref reports the following articles citing this article:Ignacio González Correa, Claudio Robles Fostering Agriculture under the Industrializing State: The Caja de Crédito Agrario and Agricultural Credit in Post-Depression Chile, 1926-53, Historia Agraria Revista de agricultura e historia rural (Feb 2022).https://doi.org/10.26882/histagrar.086e05gRakhe P. Balachandran, Sarat Chandra Dhal Relationship between money lenders and farmers, Agricultural Finance Review 78, no.33 (Jun 2018): 330–347.https://doi.org/10.1108/AFR-07-2016-0066Sai Tang, Sijia Guo Formal and informal credit markets and rural credit demand in China, (Jul 2017): 1–7.https://doi.org/10.1109/IEIS.2017.8078663Dev Narayan Sarkar, Kaushik Kundu The economic and social importance of unorganized retailers in rural India, Journal of Rural Studies 43 (Feb 2016): 159–172.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2015.12.003Kobil Ruziev, Peter Midmore Informal credit institutions in transition countries: a study of urban money lenders in post-communist Uzbekistan, Post-Communist Economies 26, no.33 (Aug 2014): 415–435.https://doi.org/10.1080/14631377.2014.937107Santonu Basu Why institutional credit agencies are reluctant to lend to the rural poor: A theoretical analysis of the Indian rural credit market, World Development 25, no.22 (Feb 1997): 267–280.https://doi.org/10.1016/S0305-750X(96)00103-9David E. Hojman Introduction, (Jan 1990): 1–20.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-10794-0_1Clive Bell Chapter 16 Credit markets and interlinked transactions, (Jan 1988): 763–830.https://doi.org/10.1016/S1573-4471(88)01019-8Jean‐Philippe Platteau, Anita Abraham An inquiry into quasi‐credit contracts: The role of reciprocal credit and interlinked deals in small‐scale fishing communities, Journal of Development Studies 23, no.44 (Jul 1987): 461–490.https://doi.org/10.1080/00220388708422044Chi-Wen Jevons Lee Accounting infrastructure and economic development, Journal of Accounting and Public Policy 6, no.22 (Jan 1987): 75–85.https://doi.org/10.1016/0278-4254(87)90007-XRay Bromley Introduction - the urban informal sector: Why is it worth discussing?, World Development 6, no.9-109-10 (Sep 1978): 1033–1039.https://doi.org/10.1016/0305-750X(78)90061-XSubrata Ghatak Rural interest rates in the Indian economy, The Journal of Development Studies 11, no.33 (Nov 2007): 190–201.https://doi.org/10.1080/00220387508421537Jerry R. Ladman SOME EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE IN UNORGANIZED RURAL CREDIT MARKETS*, Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue canadienne d'agroeconomie 19, no.33 (Nov 2008): 61–66.https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-7976.1971.tb01164.x

Program for Rural Chile

Program for Rural Chile