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Papers by Ángel Luis González Esteban
Revista De Historia Industrial, 2015
Investigaciones de Historia Económica
The agricultural productivity gap: A global vision
Economic History of Developing Regions
Historia Agraria Revista de agricultura e historia rural, 2021
Appendix to the article The determinants of world wheattrade, 1963-2010:A gravity equation approa... more Appendix to the article The determinants of world wheattrade, 1963-2010:A gravity equation approach (DOI 10.26882/histagrar.083e05g)
David Soto Fernández y José Miguel Lana-Berasáin (eds.), Del pasado al futuro como problema. La historia agraria contemporánea española en el siglo xxi. En el XXX aniversario de la SEHA, Zaragoza, Prensas de la Universidad de Zaragoza, Monografías de Historia Rural 14, Sociedad Española de Histor...
Revista de Historia Industrial — Industrial History Review, Mar 20, 2019
Crítica de Libros: Trabajar con red
International Agricultural markets after the war, 1945-1960
The objective of the present study is to offer a general overview of the evolution of internation... more The objective of the present study is to offer a general overview of the evolution of international trade in agricultural and food products between 1945 and 1960. The developed countries not only maintained policies of stimulating agricultural production implemented during the war, but also deepened their intervention and support with regard to the agricultural sector. The culmination of such policies was, in the case of Western Europe, the creation of the European Economic Community in 1957 and the implementation of the Common Agricultural Policy. This was one of the first community-wide policies and had a notable impact on international agricultural trade.To achieve the objective proposed we concentrate on two principal themes. On the one hand a reconstruction will be performed of the international flows of agricultural trade for that period. Furthermore, we shall attempt to analyse the principal determinants of the development of agricultural trade, paying special attention to the political economy which led to the taking of crucial decisions for its evolution, such as its exclusion from the GATT agreements.
Book Review: Agricultural Transformation in a Global History Perspective
CRÍTICA DE LIBROS: The Politics of Food Supply
Land reform in Spain is usually considered as something negative, being this approach reinforced ... more Land reform in Spain is usually considered as something negative, being this approach reinforced by both the shortness and the violent interruption of the Second Spanish Republic regime. This paper analyses some of the dissenting literature in Spanish agrarian reformism. We first refer to those opinions which, despite their critical nature, do not question the importance of the land problem in the thirties, and afterwards we analyze those which tend to minimize it. Most works belonging to the first category are primarily concerned with criticizing productivism. More specifically, they have focused on demonstrating the logic and the efficiency of large estates while maintaining a certain degree of skepticism about the idea of land redistribution as a driver of agricultural development. On the other hand, most investigations belonging to the second field of literature argue that markets were relatively efficient and therefore land reform was unnecessary or even counter-productive. Our goal is to demonstrate the feasibility and appropriateness of the Spanish land reform in the political context of the thirties.
Agricultural Development in the World Periphery, 2018
In the last two hundred years, agricultural trade has grown at a remarkably rapid rate. In the fi... more In the last two hundred years, agricultural trade has grown at a remarkably rapid rate. In the first globalizing wave, international trade was based on the exchange of primary products for manufactured goods. This provided important opportunities for complementarity in certain countries on the periphery that took advantage of the opportunity to base their economic development on the growth of their exports and the linkages between them and the rest of the economy. However, most of the agricultural exporting countries, obtained few benefits from this model of development. In the second wave of globalisation, an intra-industrial trade increasingly replaced this pattern of trade. In addition, the more developed countries tended to protect their agricultural production, which have been a major obstacle to agricultural trade.
Twists and turns of land reform in Latin America: From predatory to intermediate states?
Journal of Agrarian Change, 2021
Land reform has significantly evolved over time in Latin America. In the early decades of the 20t... more Land reform has significantly evolved over time in Latin America. In the early decades of the 20th century, the 'agrarian question' involved different national paths of agrarian capitalism and their contributions to industrializa-tion. Later in the century, agriculture played a secondary role, while market-led reforms were implemented from the early 1990s in the region. The agrarian question is now related to a new range of global and national inequalities, whereas the land problem remains unresolved.
Trabajar con red. Un panfleto sobre la crisis. David Anisi Alameda, (1988. Madrid: Alianza Editorial, 185 pp.)
Crítica de libros
New agrarian paradigms: an approach to the theoretical foundation of "Food Sovereignty
Land reform & agriculture globalisation: Spain (1931-1939), Cuba (1990-2008) and the food sovereignty approach
Agricultural growth should be a key component of economic agendas (of economic growth with equity... more Agricultural growth should be a key component of economic agendas (of economic growth with equity) in developing countries. This book moves from the old to the new agrarian question. It initially discusses the redistributive problems during the Spanish Second Republic (1931-1939). Accordingly, this chapter explores agrarian reform (also from a historiographic perspective) under the political polarisation process of the 1930s to understand how this context reduced reform options. The limits of the political conjuncture to implement reforms demonstrate its shortcomings in Cuba. During the Special Period, the island was forced to enhance sustainable peasant food production.Although this alternative evolved towards food import substitution, the model still faces significant weaknesses to feed the population. Finally, the book links previous debates on land reforms to the main dimensions of `food sovereignty' based on people's right to food; this issue represents the new agrarian...
[Reseña del libro de] Bill Wenders. The Politics of Food Supply; U.S Agricultural Policy in the World Economy
Bill WINDERS. The Politics of Food Supply; U.S Agricultural Policy in the World Economy. 2009. Ne... more Bill WINDERS. The Politics of Food Supply; U.S Agricultural Policy in the World Economy. 2009. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 304 pp
On the need for land reform in Spain (1931-1939): some critical considerations
¿Capitalismo coordinado o monstruo de Frankenstein? La Política Agraria Común y el modelo europeo, 1962-2020
Journal of Agrarian Change, 2017
Food regime analysis is concerned with interpreting possibilities and conflicts inherent to the 2... more Food regime analysis is concerned with interpreting possibilities and conflicts inherent to the 21st-century food system in historical terms. This paper summarizes the theoretical discussion of the food regime method, and of the identification of different "food regime periods" throughout modern history. While it is widely accepted that the so-called "second food regime" has already ended, there is much discussion on whether or not it is possible to talk about a more recent third food regime. This paper traces the evolution of the "wheat complex" over the "second food regime" (1947-1973) and over the next 45 years, and offers an explanation for the evolution of world wheat trade distribution, based on food regime analysis. Certain authors have claimed that the collapse of the WTO Doha round of negotiations may be understood as a "hangover" from the second food regime. Similarly, this paper argues that the increasing wheat dependence of poor and insecure countries over the past 40 years may be considered as a path dependence outcome of a process initiated during the second food regime.
Revista De Historia Industrial, 2015
Investigaciones de Historia Económica
The agricultural productivity gap: A global vision
Economic History of Developing Regions
Historia Agraria Revista de agricultura e historia rural, 2021
Appendix to the article The determinants of world wheattrade, 1963-2010:A gravity equation approa... more Appendix to the article The determinants of world wheattrade, 1963-2010:A gravity equation approach (DOI 10.26882/histagrar.083e05g)
David Soto Fernández y José Miguel Lana-Berasáin (eds.), Del pasado al futuro como problema. La historia agraria contemporánea española en el siglo xxi. En el XXX aniversario de la SEHA, Zaragoza, Prensas de la Universidad de Zaragoza, Monografías de Historia Rural 14, Sociedad Española de Histor...
Revista de Historia Industrial — Industrial History Review, Mar 20, 2019
Crítica de Libros: Trabajar con red
International Agricultural markets after the war, 1945-1960
The objective of the present study is to offer a general overview of the evolution of internation... more The objective of the present study is to offer a general overview of the evolution of international trade in agricultural and food products between 1945 and 1960. The developed countries not only maintained policies of stimulating agricultural production implemented during the war, but also deepened their intervention and support with regard to the agricultural sector. The culmination of such policies was, in the case of Western Europe, the creation of the European Economic Community in 1957 and the implementation of the Common Agricultural Policy. This was one of the first community-wide policies and had a notable impact on international agricultural trade.To achieve the objective proposed we concentrate on two principal themes. On the one hand a reconstruction will be performed of the international flows of agricultural trade for that period. Furthermore, we shall attempt to analyse the principal determinants of the development of agricultural trade, paying special attention to the political economy which led to the taking of crucial decisions for its evolution, such as its exclusion from the GATT agreements.
Book Review: Agricultural Transformation in a Global History Perspective
CRÍTICA DE LIBROS: The Politics of Food Supply
Land reform in Spain is usually considered as something negative, being this approach reinforced ... more Land reform in Spain is usually considered as something negative, being this approach reinforced by both the shortness and the violent interruption of the Second Spanish Republic regime. This paper analyses some of the dissenting literature in Spanish agrarian reformism. We first refer to those opinions which, despite their critical nature, do not question the importance of the land problem in the thirties, and afterwards we analyze those which tend to minimize it. Most works belonging to the first category are primarily concerned with criticizing productivism. More specifically, they have focused on demonstrating the logic and the efficiency of large estates while maintaining a certain degree of skepticism about the idea of land redistribution as a driver of agricultural development. On the other hand, most investigations belonging to the second field of literature argue that markets were relatively efficient and therefore land reform was unnecessary or even counter-productive. Our goal is to demonstrate the feasibility and appropriateness of the Spanish land reform in the political context of the thirties.
Agricultural Development in the World Periphery, 2018
In the last two hundred years, agricultural trade has grown at a remarkably rapid rate. In the fi... more In the last two hundred years, agricultural trade has grown at a remarkably rapid rate. In the first globalizing wave, international trade was based on the exchange of primary products for manufactured goods. This provided important opportunities for complementarity in certain countries on the periphery that took advantage of the opportunity to base their economic development on the growth of their exports and the linkages between them and the rest of the economy. However, most of the agricultural exporting countries, obtained few benefits from this model of development. In the second wave of globalisation, an intra-industrial trade increasingly replaced this pattern of trade. In addition, the more developed countries tended to protect their agricultural production, which have been a major obstacle to agricultural trade.
Twists and turns of land reform in Latin America: From predatory to intermediate states?
Journal of Agrarian Change, 2021
Land reform has significantly evolved over time in Latin America. In the early decades of the 20t... more Land reform has significantly evolved over time in Latin America. In the early decades of the 20th century, the 'agrarian question' involved different national paths of agrarian capitalism and their contributions to industrializa-tion. Later in the century, agriculture played a secondary role, while market-led reforms were implemented from the early 1990s in the region. The agrarian question is now related to a new range of global and national inequalities, whereas the land problem remains unresolved.
Trabajar con red. Un panfleto sobre la crisis. David Anisi Alameda, (1988. Madrid: Alianza Editorial, 185 pp.)
Crítica de libros
New agrarian paradigms: an approach to the theoretical foundation of "Food Sovereignty
Land reform & agriculture globalisation: Spain (1931-1939), Cuba (1990-2008) and the food sovereignty approach
Agricultural growth should be a key component of economic agendas (of economic growth with equity... more Agricultural growth should be a key component of economic agendas (of economic growth with equity) in developing countries. This book moves from the old to the new agrarian question. It initially discusses the redistributive problems during the Spanish Second Republic (1931-1939). Accordingly, this chapter explores agrarian reform (also from a historiographic perspective) under the political polarisation process of the 1930s to understand how this context reduced reform options. The limits of the political conjuncture to implement reforms demonstrate its shortcomings in Cuba. During the Special Period, the island was forced to enhance sustainable peasant food production.Although this alternative evolved towards food import substitution, the model still faces significant weaknesses to feed the population. Finally, the book links previous debates on land reforms to the main dimensions of `food sovereignty' based on people's right to food; this issue represents the new agrarian...
[Reseña del libro de] Bill Wenders. The Politics of Food Supply; U.S Agricultural Policy in the World Economy
Bill WINDERS. The Politics of Food Supply; U.S Agricultural Policy in the World Economy. 2009. Ne... more Bill WINDERS. The Politics of Food Supply; U.S Agricultural Policy in the World Economy. 2009. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 304 pp
On the need for land reform in Spain (1931-1939): some critical considerations
¿Capitalismo coordinado o monstruo de Frankenstein? La Política Agraria Común y el modelo europeo, 1962-2020
Journal of Agrarian Change, 2017
Food regime analysis is concerned with interpreting possibilities and conflicts inherent to the 2... more Food regime analysis is concerned with interpreting possibilities and conflicts inherent to the 21st-century food system in historical terms. This paper summarizes the theoretical discussion of the food regime method, and of the identification of different "food regime periods" throughout modern history. While it is widely accepted that the so-called "second food regime" has already ended, there is much discussion on whether or not it is possible to talk about a more recent third food regime. This paper traces the evolution of the "wheat complex" over the "second food regime" (1947-1973) and over the next 45 years, and offers an explanation for the evolution of world wheat trade distribution, based on food regime analysis. Certain authors have claimed that the collapse of the WTO Doha round of negotiations may be understood as a "hangover" from the second food regime. Similarly, this paper argues that the increasing wheat dependence of poor and insecure countries over the past 40 years may be considered as a path dependence outcome of a process initiated during the second food regime.
In the last two hundred years, agricultural trade has grown at a remarkably rapid rate. In the fi... more In the last two hundred years, agricultural trade has grown at a remarkably rapid rate. In the first globalizing wave, international trade was based on the exchange of primary products for manufactured goods. This provided important opportunities for complementarity in certain countries on the periphery that took advantage of the opportunity to base their economic development on the growth of their exports and the linkages between them and the rest of the economy. However, most of the agricultural exporting countries, obtained few benefits from this model of development. In the second wave of globalisation, an intra-industrial trade increasingly replaced this pattern of trade. In addition, the more developed countries tended to protect their agricultural production, which have been a major obstacle to agricultural trade.
RESUMEN: En este artículo se analiza el fenómeno de la delincuencia en Santiago de Chile a lo lar... more RESUMEN: En este artículo se analiza el fenómeno de la delincuencia en Santiago de Chile a lo largo de la última década. En primer lugar, se realiza un análisis descriptivo –composición y tendencias en el nivel de criminalidad, percepción social de la delincuencia y situación de Chile en
el mundo– y, a continuación, se efectúa un análisis empírico en el que las categorías de homicidio y robo con fuerza son explicadas a partir de una batería de variables socioeconómicas. Los homicidios son mayoritariamente cometidos por hombres en las comunas más densamente pobladas y en aquellas con mayor déficit educacional. Por el contrario, la gran mayoría de los robos se produce en las comunas ricas, donde la mayor presencia policial no permite compensar la incidencia de condicionantes estructurales como la desigualdad de ingresos.
ABSTRACT: This paper analyses crime in Santiago de Chile over the last decade. Firstly, we perform a descriptive analysis and then we present an empirical analysis in which murders and robberies are explained taking into account several socioeconomic variables. Murders are mainly committed by men in the most densely populated municipalities and in those with more people without basic education completed. On the contrary, the vast majority of robberies occur in rich municipalities, where the increased police presence is not enough to compensate the effect of
structural variables such as income inequality.
Land Reform & Agriculture Globalisation: Spain (1931-1939), Cuba (1990-2008) and the Food Sovereignty Approach, 2017
Agricultural growth should be a key component of economic agendas (of economic growth with equity... more Agricultural growth should be a key component of economic agendas (of economic growth with equity) in developing countries. This book moves from the old to the new agrarian question. It initially discusses the redistributive problems during the Spanish Second Republic (1931-1939). Accordingly, this chapter explores agrarian reform (also from a historiographic perspective) under the political polarisation process of the 1930s to understand how this context reduced reform options. The limits of the political conjuncture to implement reforms demonstrate its shortcomings in Cuba. During the Special Period, the island was forced to enhance sustainable peasant food production.Although this alternative evolved towards food import substitution, the model still faces significant weaknesses to feed the population. Finally, the book links previous debates on land reforms to the main dimensions of `food sovereignty’ based on people’s right to food;this issue represents the new agrarian question problems in developing countries.This book might attract the interest of historians, political analysts, economists (devoted to public action) and ecologists engaged in sustainable development issues.