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Community identity, governance, and resilience under agri-environmental shifts in two communities of southwestern Uruguay

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Since the beginning of the 21st century, rural communities in southwestern Uruguay have responded differently to agri-environmental challenges created by increases in the production of genetically modified crops. Resilience literature highlights the importance of community identity on local responses, but little has been explored about how economic and political aspects that characterize community identity influence community governance to address local environmental challenges. Based on historical texts, interviews with key informants, participant observation and analysis of reports from public meetings in two communities of southwestern Uruguay, this article explores how community identities were related to whether and/or how communities responded. Results from this comparative study highlight how economic and political aspects influencing community identity could either constraint or facilitate community governance and resilience.

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  • Diego Thompson, 2019. "Community identity, governance, and resilience under agri-environmental shifts in two communities of southwestern Uruguay," Community Development, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 50(5), pages 497-514, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:comdev:v:50:y:2019:i:5:p:497-514
    DOI: 10.1080/15575330.2019.1659383
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    1. Diego Thompson, 2021. "Building and transforming collective agency and collective identity to address Latinx farmworkers’ needs and challenges in rural Vermont," Agriculture and Human Values, Springer;The Agriculture, Food, & Human Values Society (AFHVS), vol. 38(1), pages 129-143, February.

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