This study focuses on Nicaragua's transition from a revolutionary state to one oriented toward democracy and the market, through the political lens of agricultural property rights. The national agenda on property rights after 1990 was dominated by elaborate arrangements to accommodate kinship‐based factions of the agroindustrial elite, core Sandinista constituents, rural labor groups, and demobilized peasant combatants. Bargains, legislative initiatives, and constitutional reforms failed to clarify legal ambiguity over coveted assets. Persistent conflict thereby became embedded in official efforts to design a robust property regime. The case of Nicaragua suggests comparisons with other countries where protracted confrontation and social violence over property rights pose serious threats to unconsolidated democratic institutions.
Este estudo mostra como as disputas de terra dificultaram a solução de conflitos e limitaram a cidadania democrática na Guatemala pós-guerra e na África do Sul pós-apartheid. A agenda de pesquisa fundamenta-se historicamente nos legados da dominação colonial e da ditadura racial. A convergência de regra autoritária e discriminação racial resultou em atos deliberados de expropriação de terras comunais e forçou a remoção e o deslocamento de comunidades nativas. A erradicação de povoados inteiros, a migração de refugiados e a situação de populações transitórias acarretaram um notório abuso do Estado e o enriquecimento das elites. No entanto, o apoio da comunidade internacional à resolução do conflito e à reconciliação negligenciou a importância da terra para a estabilidade democrática e a paz social.
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