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The Persistent Appeal of the California Agricultural Dream in North Africa
Kuper, Marcel; Mayaux, Pierre -Louis; Benmihoub, Ahmed
通讯作者Kuper, M
来源期刊WATER ALTERNATIVES-AN INTERDISCIPLINARY JOURNAL ON WATER POLITICS AND DEVELOPMENT
ISSN1965-0175
出版年2023
卷号16期号:1页码:39-64
英文摘要The development of intensive irrigated agriculture in arid California has inspired many governments and people around the world. In the paper, we show how 'California' as a social imaginary influenced North Africa's irrigation policies. We trace the influence of this imaginary at two very different and critical junctures: in Morocco under the French Protectorate from the 1930s to the 1950s and in the contemporary Algerian Sahara. We argue that the influence of the 'California' imaginary persisted because of how it appeared to be the perfect embodiment of capitalist modernity while at the same time exhibiting two crucial sociopolitical ambiguities; the first ambiguity concerned the proper role of the state and the second had to do with the California imaginary's overall implications in terms of social equity. These ambiguities enabled governing actors to naturalise and routinise this imported imaginary even as they used it to forge distinct types of political settlements that were in line with local historical circumstances. We thus argue that the notion of imaginary, inherently visual and polysemic, is usefully distinguished from alternative notions such as paradigms, narratives and frames. We also contend that imaginaries do not function independently from other social forces, but rather that they are embedded in the wider political economy. This leads us to conclude that any transformation of agricultural policies in North Africa will require the diffusion of an alternative imaginary that is as effective in forging powerful social coalitions as the Californian dream proved to be.
英文关键词Social imaginary ambiguities irrigation policies Algeria Morocco
类型Article
语种英语
收录类别SCI-E ; SSCI
WOS记录号WOS:000964783900003
WOS关键词MEDITERRANEAN DIET ; POLICY PARADIGMS ; GROUNDWATER ; IRRIGATION ; IDEAS ; DIFFUSION ; OASES
WOS类目Environmental Studies ; Water Resources
WOS研究方向Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Water Resources
资源类型期刊论文
条目标识符http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/399116
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Kuper, Marcel,Mayaux, Pierre -Louis,Benmihoub, Ahmed. The Persistent Appeal of the California Agricultural Dream in North Africa[J],2023,16(1):39-64.
APA Kuper, Marcel,Mayaux, Pierre -Louis,&Benmihoub, Ahmed.(2023).The Persistent Appeal of the California Agricultural Dream in North Africa.WATER ALTERNATIVES-AN INTERDISCIPLINARY JOURNAL ON WATER POLITICS AND DEVELOPMENT,16(1),39-64.
MLA Kuper, Marcel,et al."The Persistent Appeal of the California Agricultural Dream in North Africa".WATER ALTERNATIVES-AN INTERDISCIPLINARY JOURNAL ON WATER POLITICS AND DEVELOPMENT 16.1(2023):39-64.
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