The global land grab : beyond the hype / edited by Mayke Kaag and Annelies Zoomers.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kaag, Maria Margaretha Antonia

Zoomers, E. B.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Land use--Developing countries--Case studies.

Land use.

Eminent domain--Developing countries--Case studies.

Eminent domain.

Social conditions.

Developing countries--Social conditions--Case studies.

Developing countries.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

viii, 264 pages : maps ; 24 cm

Production:

©2014.

Place of Publication:

Black Point, Nova Scotia : Fernwood Publishing ; London : Zed Books, [2014]

Summary:

The last two years have seen a huge amount of academic, policy-making and media interest in the increasingly contentious issue of land grabbing - the large-scale acquisition of land in the global South. It is a phenomenon against which locals seem defenseless, and one about which multilateral organizations, such as the World Bank, as well as civil-society organizations and action NGOs have become increasingly vocal. This in-depth and empirically diverse volume - taking in case studies from across Africa, Asia and Latin America - takes a step back from the hype to explore a number of key question: Does the 'global land grab' actually exist? If so, what is new about it? And what, beyond the immediately visible dynamics and practices, are the real problems? A comprehensive and much-needed intervention on one of the most hotly contested but little-understood issues facing countries of the South today. Book jacket.

Contents:

Africa

1 Modernizing the periphery: citizenship and Ethiopia's new agricultural investment policies / George Schoneveld Schoneveld, George, Maru Shete Shete, Maru 17

2 Large-scale land acquisitions in Tanzania: a critical analysis of practices and dynamics / Jumanne Abdallah Abdallah, Jumanne, Linda Engström Engström, Linda, Kjell Havnevik Havnevik, Kjell, Lennart Salomonsson Salomonsson, Lennart 36

3 Kenya and the 'global land grab': a view from below / Jacqueline M. Klopp Klopp, Jacqueline M., Odenda Lumumba Lumumba, Odenda 54

Latin America

4 The rapid expansion of genetically modified soy production into the Chaco region of Argentina / Lucia Goldfarb Goldfarb, Lucia, Annelies Zoomers Zoomers, Annelies 71

5 Transnational land investment in Costa Rica: tracing residential tourism and its implications for development / Femke van Noorloos Noorloos, Femke van 86

6 Water grabbing in the Andean region: illustrative cases from Peru and Ecuador / Rutgerd Boelens Boelens, Rutgerd, Antonio Gaybor Gaybor, Antonio, Jan Hendriks Hendriks, Jan 100

Asia

7 Land governance and oil palm development: examples from Riau Province, Indonesia / Ari Susanti Susanti, Ari, Suseno Budidarsono Budidarsono, Suseno 119

8 Vietnam in the debate on land grabbing: conversion of agricultural land for urban expansion and hydropower development / Pham Huu Ty Ty, Pham Huu, Nguyen Quang Phue Phue, Nguyen Quang, Guus van Westen Westen, Guus van 135

9 'Land grabbing' in Cambodia: land rights in a post-conflict setting / Michelle McLinden Nuijen Nuijen, Michelle McLinden, Men Prachvuthy Prachvuthy, Men, Guus van Westen Westen, Guus van 152

10 Beyond the Gulf State investment hype: the case of Indonesia and the Philippines / Gerben Nooteboom Nooteboom, Gerben, Laurens Bakker Bakker, Laurens 170

11 Tracing the dragon's footsteps: a deconstruction of the discourse on China's foreign land investments / Peter Ho Ho, Peter, Irna Hofman Hofman, Irna 185

12 Conclusion: beyond the global land grab hype - ways forward in research and action / Annelies Zoomers Zoomers, Annelies, Mayke Kaag Kaag, Mayke 201.

Notes:

Includes bibliographic references and index.

ISBN:

9781552666661

1552666662

9781780328959

1780328958

9781780328942

178032894X

OCLC:

871190971