The Agrarian Question and Reformism in Latin America

Erscheinungsjahr 1990
ISBN: 978-0-8018-2532-3
Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press

Buch, Englisch, 328 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 534 g

Reihe: The Johns Hopkins Studies in Development

The Agrarian Question and Reformism in Latin America epitomizes the emerging tradition of conflict-oriented approaches to problems of economic, agricultural, and rurual development in Third World nations. Drawing on firsthand observations of the agrarian crises in Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Peru, and ten other Latin-American nations, Alain de Janvry effectively blends Marxist theories of world-wide economic development with empirical analysis and policy recommendations.

De Janvry offers both a careful examination of the conditions of underdevelopment in Latin America and detailed discussions of the achievements and limits of technological change, land reform, integrated rural development, and basic-needs program. The Agrarian Question and Reformism in Latin America is written for both practitioners and academicians. Students of economic development will benefit especially from its intelligent explication of conflict-oriented theory and technique.

Autoren/Hrsg.

De Janvry, Alain

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Entwicklungsökonomie & Emerging Markets
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
Abbreviations
Introduction
Chapter 1. Laws of Motion in the Center-Periphery Structure: The Underlying Forces
Chapter 2. Agrarian Crisis in Latin America: The Facts
Chapter 3. Transformation of the Agrarian Structure and the Pessantry
Chapter 4. Disarticulated Accumulation and Agrarian Crisis
Chapter 5. The Political Economy of Reformism
Chapter 6. Types and Consequences of Land Reform
Chapter 7. The Strategy of Integrated Rural Development
Chapter 8. The Agrarian Question and Change in Latin America: Conclusions
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

De Janvry, Alain
Alain de Janvry is professor of agricultural and research economics at the University of California, Berkeley, and has been a consultant for the Ford Foundation, the World Bank, the Rockefeller Foundation, the Organization of American States, and the U.S. Agency for Intrnational Development. He is the author of numerous articles on economics, agricultural, and rural development.