Struggle for Control

Pat Lauderdale is Professor of Justice and Adjunct Professor of Law at Arizona State University. Michael Cruit is Acting Director of Herbert Blumer Institute, Costa Rica.

• ForewordPrefaceAcknowledgments1. The ScopeIntroductionDisputes, Law, and DevianceThe SettingSocial Relationships and DisputingRationalization and Access to Dispute ForumsTimeCostThe Politics of Dispute Management in Costa Rica: An Introduction to the Case2. The Disputing ProcessCase 1 - Resident or Squatter?Case 2 - The Colorado CampCase 3 - The House Without a HomeCase 4 - Denouncing the CampesinoCase 5 - The Fruit of the LandCase 6 - The Sierpe GiftCase 7 - The Absentee Landlord and the LocalCase 8 - The InspectionCase 9 - The Rainy Season3. An Analysis of Dispute Management: The Absence of ResolutionThe Nature of the Social RelationshipSimplex/MultiplexInsiders/OutsidersSocial Context and Social RelationshipsAccess and Social ContextTime and Social ContextCost and Social Context4. Conflict and the Struggle for ControlCultural DimensionsTide-TimeMilla MaritimaPrivate/Productive PropertyNonviolent DisputingEncompassing IssuesModes of Dispute ManagementSocial Control and DevianceEpilogue: Justice and Social ControlAppendix A: Agrarian Reform in Central AmericaIntroductionRationalization and Land ReformThe World-Polity PerspectiveLand Tenure and ReformThe Incorporation of Central AmericaThe Commodification of LandWorld System ImpactConclusionAppendix B: The Rationalization of Law in Costa RicaRationalizationRationalization of the Law in Costa RicaIncreased RationalizationSection I: Agrarian Reform in Costa RicaNotesReferencesSubject IndexAuthor Index

"A brilliant synthesis of sensitive and insightful case studies and the development of hypotheses and a multi-level model of 'dispute management.' It is this difficult combination that makes this work a distinctive and powerful contribution to this relatively unexplored, yet increasingly important, domain of research." — Ray Corrado, Criminology, Simon Fraser University"This study is a gold mine of insights, revelations, and critical reflections on the inter-connectedness of social psychological, social, cultural, economic, political, demographic, and geographic factors. It penetrates, unpacks, and reveals the inter-connectedness of both important micro-level and macro-level social, economic, and political structure."— Richard L. Harris, Harvard University