Florida International University.
J Peasant Stud. 2010;37(4):699-721. doi: 10.1080/03066150.2010.512455.
New alliances between Brazil and the US for ethanol production, transport, and trade are revitalising and expanding the centuries -old sugarcane plantation system in the Americas. In this paper I adopt the concept of global assemblages, building on the work of Aihwa Ong, Stephen Collier, and Saskia Sassen, to draw the contours of an "ethanol assemblage," which includes states, corporations, growers, technologies, urban consumers, and rural communities and landscapes. Though important to conceptualise agrofuels as a global phenomenon, it is also necessary to recognise the distinct regional patterns that cohere around various aspects of this polymorphous industry. Therefore, I focus on alliances around sugarcane ethanol, paying particular attention to the role of Miami as a global city serving as a gateway to information, investment, and commodities for the public/private and national/transnational entities that are engaged in the hemispheric project of ethanol promotion, production and distribution.
巴西与美国之间在乙醇生产、运输和贸易方面的新联盟正在复兴和扩大美洲几个世纪以来的甘蔗种植园系统。在本文中，我采用了全球组合的概念，借鉴了 Aihwa Ong、Stephen Collier 和 Saskia Sassen 的工作，勾勒出一个“乙醇组合”的轮廓，其中包括国家、公司、种植者、技术、城市消费者以及农村社区和景观。虽然将生物燃料概念化为一种全球现象很重要，但也有必要认识到围绕这个多态产业的各个方面的不同区域模式。因此，我专注于围绕甘蔗乙醇的联盟，特别关注迈阿密作为一个全球城市的作用，它是参与推广、生产和分配乙醇的公私和国家/跨国实体的信息、投资和商品的门户。
