Politics and Peasant-State Relations in Paraguay

This work studies the political behavior of peasants in four Paraguayan communities that were selected to measure the influence of two variables on political behavioroeconomic location and the history of elite-peasant relationships. The author discusses the impact of both capitalist development and local history on community political responses. He addresses their efforts to obtain and secure access to land, agricultural policies, defense and abuse, and respect for the peasant ideal of social relationships. Turner concludes that local history is the strongest determining variable in discerning which communities are more likely to achieve relative political efficacy.

ISBN	0819191191	Pages	336
ISBN13	9780819191199 (What's this?)	Volumes	001
Publisher	University Press of America	Weight (grammes)	603
Imprint	University Press of America	Published in	Lanham, MD
Format	Hardback	Height (mm)	232
Publication date	28 Aug 1993	Width (mm)	157
Library of Congress	HD1531.P3T	Spine width (mm)	23
DEWEY	305.563309892	Academic level	General
DEWEY edition	DC20

	Acknowledgements
	Table of Contents
	List of Tables
	List of Maps
	List of Illustrations
	Introduction
Pt. I	Design of the Study	1
1	Individualism and Communitarianism in Peasant Culture	3
Pt. II	Peasants and the State	19
2	Institutional Structures of the Research Communities	21
3	Peasants and State in Paraguay	47
Pt. III	Peasants and Towns: Mechanisms of Local Dominance	71
4	Political Parties	73
5	The Colorado Party in the Peasant Community	87
6	Municipal Government and the 1991 Municipal Elections	105
7	Role of the Church	125
Pt. IV	Extra-Community Politics: How Communities Get Goods from the State	131
8	Peasants and Land	133
9	The History of Land Struggles in the Four Communities	159
10	Agricultural Policy	183
11	Communal Goods Policy	221
Pt. V	Intra-Community Politics	241
12	Conflict Resolution Among Peasants	243
	Conclusions	275
	Appendix A	279
	Appendix B	285
	Glossary of Acronyms	291
	Glossary of Guarani Terms	293
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This is a thorough, detailed, and definitive study of peasant politics. It should become a model for future studies. -- Paul H. Lewis ...an important contribution to the ethnography and sociology of rural Paraguay. -- Richard Reed Turner has produced an impressive piece of interdisciplinary scholarship. -- Michael Grow Turner has produced an impressive piece of interdisciplinary scholarship. -- Michael Grow This is a thorough, detailed, and definitive study of peasant politics. It should become a model for future studies. -- Paul H. Lewis ...an important contribution to the ethnography and sociology of rural Paraguay. -- Richard Reed

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