Durabilité des chaînes globales de valeur du soja et de la viande de bœuf en Amazonie : conséquences d’une gouvernementalité néolibérale

Abstract

Analyses of deforestation in Amazonia are based mainly on a rationalist explanation, with little concern for the power relations between the actors involved or the values that motivate them. This article employs an approach based on the concept of governmentality in order to assess how public and private actors interact in managing the durable soy and beef sectors in the Amazon. I show that the way in which issues of durability have been confronted result from a neoliberal change in the practices of public authorities that aim above all to sustain the Brazilian agro-export model.

Keywords

• soy
• beef cattle
• governmentality
• neoliberal
• global chains of value
• sustainability