Land, conflict, and political process: the case of the Lacandon Community, Chiapas, Mexico (1972–2012)

Autor:	Héctor Calleros-Rodríguez
Rok vydání:	2014
Předmět:	Cultural Studies Politics Economic growth Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) State (polity) Land rights Anthropology media_common.quotation_subject Political economy Sociology Political process Land tenure media_common
Zdroj:	The Journal of Peasant Studies. 41:127-155
ISSN:	1743-9361 0306-6150
DOI:	10.1080/03066150.2013.873891
Popis:	This contribution analyses how indigenous land disputes have taken place within a political process and the political responses to land tenure disputes. It does so by analysing the case of the Comunidad Zona Lacandona (Lacandon Community; Chiapas, Mexico) and the land tenure disputes in which it has been involved during the period 1972–2012. The paper argues that the Lacandon Community (LC) has a micro-corporatist relationship with the state and that its creation has brought its beneficiaries (comuneros) into an ongoing dynamic of conflict and cooperation with the state, fellow landed communities, social and non-governmental organisations and guerrillas. By analysing its relationship with the state and the 40-year long conflict, the paper presents the way in which the LC has defended its land rights within institutional channels as well as by means of contentious action. The essay also shows how conflict has been dealt with within a political process and contributes to the theoretical understanding of the...
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