Land, power, and poverty : agrarian transformation and political conflict in Central America
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Land, power, and poverty : agrarian transformation and political conflict in Central America
（Thematic studies in Latin America）
Westview Press, c1998
2nd ed
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-258) and index
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Description
Land, Power, and Poverty explores the development of the rigid and unequal structures of rural Central American society, the challenge in recent decades to those structures by a restive peasantry, and the role in these conflicts of five governments of the regionGuatemala, Costa Rica, Honduras, El Salvador, and Nicaragua. The author also assesses the role of international actors, especially the United States, in Central America. The second edition of Land, Power, and Poverty provides a comprehensive and current analysis of the relationship between agrarian structures and political turmoil in Central America. Each country chapter is brought up-to-date, and the author covers recent scholarship and events since 1986, including the decreasing militarization in the region. Discussion of the environmental consequences of agrarian change is also expanded.
Table of Contents
* Introduction: Agrarian Transformation and Political Conflict Agrarian Transformation * Agrarian Transformation Before 1950 * The Postwar Transformation of Central American Agriculture * Agrarian Transformation and Rural Economic Security Political Conflict * Guatemala: Between Reform and Terror * El Salvador: From Obstruction to Civil War and Toward Reconciliation * Nicaragua: From Obstruction to Revolution and Back Again * Honduras: The Limitations of Reform * Costa Rica: Toward Sustainable Development * Conclusion: Land, Power, and Poverty
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