Indigenous peoples vs peasant unions: land conflicts and rural movements in plurinational Bolivia

Fontana, Lorenza Belinda (2014). Indigenous peoples vs peasant unions: land conflicts and rural movements in plurinational Bolivia. The Journal of Peasant Studies, 41(3) pp. 297–319.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/03066150.2014.906404

Abstract

Agrarian reforms do not constitute linear processes: rather, they are based on the interconnection between the crystallization of land governance in formal tenure rules and the way societies organize around a set of identities and power mechanisms. This paper focuses on how the misinterpretation of this two-way relationship, in setting up a new normative framework, can generate unintended consequences in terms of conflict. The recent wave of land conflicts in Bolivia shows how changes in the allocation of strategic resources inspired by the so-called ‘politics of recognition’ triggered processes of political ethnicization and organizational fragmentation, eventually contributing to fuelling new tensions between indigenous groups and peasant unions.

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  • Item ORO ID
  • 45004
  • Item Type
  • Journal Item
  • ISSN
  • 0306-6150
  • Keywords
  • Bolivia; land conflict; agrarian reform; indigenous movements; peasant unions
  • Academic Unit or School
  • Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS)
  • Copyright Holders
  • © 2014 Taylor and Francis
  • Depositing User
  • Lorenza Fontana
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