Land Reform and Political Change in the Countryside: The Mexican and Cuban Cases

Abstract

"The present essay is an effort to present an overview of change in the countryside in Mexico (1910-1960) and Cuba (1959-1968). Both cases are treated historically, with particular focus on 1) patterns of land tenure; 2)agricultural systems; 3)social stratification and 4)distribution of political power(authoritative decision-making capability with reference to scarce resources) in the pre and post-revolutionary Mexican and Cuban countryside."