Agrarian reform in theory and practice : a study of the Lake Titicaca region of Bolivia

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    • Benton, Jane

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Agrarian reform in theory and practice : a study of the Lake Titicaca region of Bolivia

Jane Benton

Ashgate, 1999

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Bibliography: p. 200-207

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Despite the attempts of a number of Latin American republics to redistribute land resources and carry out agrarian reform programmes, "the land question" remains a vital political issue throughout the region. This book focuses on Bolivia, where government proposals to replace a radical agrarian reform law of 1953 with a neo-liberal Ley INRA provoked heated public debate and violent campesino clashes with the police in September/October 1996. The first five chapters are largely concerned with theoretical aspects and a review of Bolivia's agrarian reform legislation - the remaining six chapters are devoted to analysis, from the viewpoints of participant campesinos and the research, of agricultural change in Aymara communities beside Lake Titicaca, where the author has conducted research over nearly 30 years. Lakeside farming is under threat as a result of land degradation, limited chaos resources, rural-urban migration, tourism and commuterization.

Table of Contents

  • Part 1 The theory: agrarian reform in Latin America
  • agricultural systems in pre-Columbian Bolivia
  • the domination of the hacienda
  • Bolivia's agrarian reform law of 1953
  • ley INRA (1996). Part 2 The practice: the Lake Titicaca region
  • the state of agriculture in lakeside communities
  • on the eve of agrarian reform
  • the impact of the 1953 agrarian reform legislation
  • campesino opinions on agrarian reform
  • some conclusions to be drawn from the case study
  • the crisis in campesino farming in the Lake Titicaca region at the end of the 20th century.

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