Peace and Rural Development in Colombia

<p>In <i>Peace and Rural Development in Colombia </i>Andrés García Trujillo investigates whether peace agreements geared toward terminating internal armed conflicts trigger rural distributive changes.</p><p>Combining academic rigor with an insider’s perspective, García Trujillo shows that the peace agreement in Colombia opened an exceptional window for addressing rural inequality. Yet, despite some progress, he argues that the agreement’s leverage to stir change was severely constrained by opposing actors within and outside the government. García Trujillo later applies the framework developed for the Colombian case to explain key dynamics of other post-conflict societies that have dealt with agrarian issues under a transitional context, like El Salvador or South Africa.</p><p>The original theoretical framework and empirically rich analysis make <i>Peace and Rural Development in Colombia </i>an indispensable read for scholars and practitioners who wish to gain an understanding on the political economy of peacemaking, policy change, and rural development in Colombia and beyond.</p> <p>1. Introduction 2. Theorizing Negotiated Transition Pathways to Rural Policy Change 3. The Power Reproduction of Rural Elites Produces a Long-Term Status Quo Policy Trajectory 4. War Gives Way to a Possible Peace: The Domestic and International Politics of Ending the Conflict 5. A Policy Window Opens in Havana: Understanding the Inclusion of the Rural Development Item in the Peace Talks’ Agenda 6. The Comprehensive Rural Reform: A Robust Agreement with Effects on Policy 7. Weak Government Capacity in Putting into Practice the Peace Agreement’s Rural Development Provisions 8. The Right-Wing Framing Strategy Undermines the Peace Agreement’s Legitimacy 9. Conclusions</p>