Media contributions
1Media contributions
Title Authoritarian corpopulism supports the rise of sugarcane and oil palm agribusinesses in Guatemala Degree of recognition International Media name/outlet OpenDemocracy Media type Web Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 3/04/18 Description The current debate on populist political regimes has rightly focused on the ultra-conservative authoritarian wave sweeping the world. Does this mean authoritarian forms of government are only reserved for those living in countries under charismatic right-wing populist leaders? And is it only through such iron-fist rulers that authoritarian populism unfolds?
In short, no; there’s more to authoritarian populism today, and the role of large agribusiness corporations intimately linked to the state and elites is an important part of the story.
In Guatemala, a long history of despotic and violent populist rulers embarked in a transition to liberal democracy 30 years ago. Amid the agro-environmental and capitalist transformations that have occurred since, a new politics of class domination has emerged.
These politics are shaped by the rise of what I call ‘authoritarian corpopulism’, whereby corporates are deeply implicated alongside the state. Specifically, ‘authoritarian corpopulism’ in Guatemala stands for the political agenda of the white oligarchic-bourgeois owners of sugarcane and oil palm agribusinesses ruling over the countryside.URL https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/authoritarian-corpopulism-supports-rise-of-sugarcane-and-oil-palm-agribusine/ Persons Alberto Alonso Fradejas