Land Reform as a Counterinsurgency Policy
Evidence from Colombia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6284208 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael Albertus (0000-0002-3341-8687, University of Chicago, corresponding author), Oliver Kaplan (Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 57 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 198-231 |
| Publication date | 2013-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Conflict Resolution (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-0027 • E-ISSN: 1552-8766 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0022002712446130 |
| OpenAlex | W2767630236 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 74 |
| References cited | 34 |
Can targeted land reform reduce levels of civil war conflict by mitigating the factors that contribute to rural rebellion? This article uses new micro-level data on land reform and insurgency at the municipal level from Colombia from 1988 to 2000, a country with high rates of land inequality and informal land ownership, to test whether land reform undercut subsequent guerrilla activity. The reform had two distinct aspects. Politically powerful large landholders blocked most large-scale reform, which resulted primarily in an enduring, low-intensity, and geographically dispersed reform that spurred low levels of insurgent activity. Larger-scale reforms were only implemented in areas that threatened serious violence and had the potential to harm elite interests, and in these limited areas reform reduced guerrilla activity. This suggests that while land reform can be an effective counterinsurgency policy, it may be politically difficult to implement at a sufficient scale because it threatens the status quo
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| Unique citing works | 74 |
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