Open AccessCuando la mano de obra se subleva: estrategias terratenientes durante la reforma agraria chilena (1964-1973)
Author(s) -
Mathias Órdenes,
José Díaz-Diego
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
historia agraria
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 15
eISSN - 2340-3659
pISSN - 1139-1472
DOI - 10.26882/histagrar.074e07o
Subject(s) - peasant , agrarian reform , land tenure , politics , agrarian society , modernization theory , negotiation , political science , alliance , legitimation , land reform , sociology , economy , geography , agriculture , economics , law , archaeology
The object of this article is to describe and analyze the strategies landowners used against mobilized workers in south-central Chile during the agrarian reform. Key aspects analyzed in the development of landowner strategies include the traditional composition of the rural world, the changes occurring in the socio-political panorama over time, as well as workers’ unions and landowner organizations. Along with the potential for violence, unusual actions included patron organization unity, a propositional discourse opposing agrarian reform, a search for agreements with the peasant movement, and the establishment of an alliance with higher-level legal and tenant resources. A review of bibliographic, documentary and archival sources offers greater understanding of the reformist period. It has traditionally been conceptualized through a historiographic narrative of interclass struggles and political and labor confrontation, but here incorporates variables that include negotiation, coalitions and modernization.