ABSTRACT

As wind energy investments expand across rural areas, unique class dynamics and accumulation patterns result from this industry. The ejido La Venta town has hosted wind farms since 1994, allowing us to analyse the effects of wind power on patterns of social difference, land control and agrarian change. By drawing on agricultural censuses and on 40 interviews with landowners, this paper argues that wind energy investments shift patterns of land control, through fostering land-based incomes, over the long term. The result is enhanced social differentiation benefitting landowners with more than 20 hectares and pauperising those with small tracts of land.

摘要

随着风能投资在农村地区的扩大，该行业产生了独特的阶级动态和积累模式。ejido La Venta 镇自 1994 年以来一直在建设风电场，让我们能够分析风能对社会差异、土地控制和农业变化模式的影响。通过利用农业普查和对土地所有者的 40 次采访，本文认为风能投资通过促进土地收入长期改变土地控制模式。其结果是增强了社会分化，使拥有超过 20 公顷土地的土地所有者受益，而拥有小片土地的土地所有者则陷入贫困。