Abstract
This paper explores the relationship between agrarian reform, migration, and structural change. Data come from fieldwork in 1971--72 in a Quechua-speaking peasant community in southern Peru. An increase in the rate of return of migrants is related to a clause in the 1969 agrarian reform law prohibiting indirect usufruct. Upon return to the community, migrants have been active in the ritual and political spheres. Migrant behavior is analyzed in terms of the implications of return migration for class mobility. The political field is associated with the 1969 agrarian reform.
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