The Politics Of Land Reform In Chile, 1950-1970: Public Policy, Political Institutions, And Social Change (center For International Affairs)

Displaced by the growth of cities and left impoverished by the inequities of an archaic land tenure system, peasants throughout Latin America are entering politics and upsetting the balance between social forces that had once been the sole competitors for governmental power. Still the largest occupational grouping in most countries, these peasants provide an important base of potential support for governments willing to undertake rural reform. In the light of this, Robert Kaufman’s case study of Chilean land reform warrants careful consideration.Focusing on the efforts of successive Chilean governments to pass and implement land reform legislation, Kaufman explores the way in which relatively high levels of social modernization and political institutionalization affect the emergence of the land reform issue, the timing and nature of the involvement of conflicting social groups, and the building of coalitions in support of various types of change. Preface Contents Introduction Part 1. The Sociopolitical Background: Pressures for Change and Initial Responses, 1950–1964 Chapter 1. Chilean Politics and Agrarian Reform Chapter 2. The Alessandri Reform, 1962–63: A Redefinition of Rightist Interests Part 2. The Christian Democratic Initiative: Setting the Terms of Debate, 1964-1967 Chapter 3. The Christian Democratic Factional Struggle and Agrarian Reform, 1964–1967 Chapter 4. Effects of the Christian Democratic Reform, 1964–1967: The Problem of Mobilizing Peasant Support Part 3. Strategies of Opposition: Vertical Brokerage and the Maintenance of the Reform Coalition, 1964-1967 Chapter 5. The Right and the Christian Democratic Reform Chapter 6. The Chilean Left and Agrarian Reform Part 4. The Urban-Rural Cleavage, 1968-1970 Chapter 7. The Urban Radicals and Land Reform Chapter 8. The Vertical Brokerage System and the Process of Reform Notes Persons Interviewed Index The Sociopolitical Background : Pressures For Change And Initial Responses, 1959-1964 -- Chilean Politics And Agrarian Reform -- The Alessandri Reform, 1962-63 : A Redefinition Of Rightist Interests -- The Christian Democratic Initiative : Setting The Terms Of Debate, 1964-1967 -- The Christian Democratic Factional Struggle And Agrarian Reform, 1964-1967 -- Effects Of The Christian Democratic Reform, 1964-1967 : The Problem Of Mobilizing Peasant Support -- Strategies Of Opposition : Vertical Brokerage And The Maintenance Of The Reform Coalition, 1964-1967 -- The Right And The Christian Democratic Reform -- The Chilean Left And Agrarian Reform -- The Urban-rural Cleavage, 1968-1970 -- The Urban Radicals And Land Reform -- The Vertical Brokerage System And The Process Of Reform. [by] Robert R. Kaufman. Includes Bibliographical References.