You’re invited to: Sustaining Hegemony through Contradiction: Political Agribusiness and Climate Change in Brazil A Sciences Po Séminaire This session is part of the Environment and International Relations seminar.
Date: January 28 Time: 17:00 - 18:30 CET Venue: S1 - Piere Hassner, 28 rue des Saints-Pères, Paris, and online via Zoom Presenter: Pierre-Eloi Gay Discussant: Mariana Alves de Souza Lyrio Description: Despite shifts in corporate stances on key issues and the limited outcomes following initial climate commitments, climate policies do not challenge corporate power or the economic and technological models upheld by major corporations. Corporate hegemony over climate change mitigation policies remains firm, although the ability to exert this hegemony involves political and cultural nuances that warrant deeper investigation. Why and how, despite these limitations, do agribusiness corporations continue to dominate the climate agenda in Brazil? Based on a post-foundationalist theory, we analyzed the agribusiness case in Brazil from 2006 to 2022 – a sector globally dominated by a few multinational corporations – demonstrating that these corporations simultaneously adopt business-as-usual alongside climate-friendly discourses. Agribusiness corporations build contradictory chains of equivalence and difference over time and across different social groups. This helps them sustain their hegemony over the climate agenda by mobilizing different social actors according to the broader political equilibrium. However, these contradictions (fueled by extreme events linked to the climate crisis) generate political instability, posing challenges even for the largest corporations. Our paper highlights the complex interplay of sectoral economics, discourse, and political dynamics, revealing how corporations employ this dual discourse to shape the climate change debate to their advantage. Register here. Responsables scientifiques: Carola Klöck, Assistant Professor, Sciences Po CERI Sarah Tegas, Doctoral Student, Sciences Po CERI Matthew Winkler, Doctoral Student, Sciences Po CERI The seminar will be held in person and online via Zoom. Kind regards, Matthew Winkler Centre de Recherches Internationales Doctoral Candidate Political Science - International Relations M: +33 7 68 95 66 87 E: [email protected] -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gep-ed" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/gep-ed/11ceb362-763a-48d5-90f4-8121afe758ea%40Spark.
