CLASS RELATIONS IN THE ANDEAN COUNTRYSIDE

In: Latin American perspectives: a journal on capitalism and socialism, Band 9, Heft 3, S. 62-78

Abstract

THE AUTHOR EXAMINES THE POST-AGRARIAN PERIOD AND AND THE CONTINUING TRANFORMATION OF RURAL CLASS RELATIONS IN THE PERUVIAN ANDES. HE ARGUES THAT IN THE 1970S 3 TRENDS ARE APPARENT: TENDENCY TOWARD CONTINUATION AND EXTENSION OF SMALLHOLDIN PRODUCTION; SEMIPROLETARIANIZATION; AND THE CONSOLIDATION AND GROWTH OF RURAL PETTY AND MIDDLE BOURGEOISIES. HE FINDS PERU INCREASINGLY CAPITALIST.