Agrarian Reform and Grassroots Development : Ten Case Studies / ed. by Roy L. Prosterman, Timothy M. Hanstad, Mary N. Temple.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bratton, Michael, Contributor.

Brooks, Karen M., Contributor.

Curry, Charles E., Contributor.

Hanstad, Timothy M., Editor.

Prosterman, Roy L., Editor.

Temple, Mary N., Editor.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (342 p.)

Place of Publication:

Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, [2023]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The authors examine land tenure patterns and problems and the prospects for land reform in a variety of settings, ranging from agriculture-based Third World economies in Africa, Asia, and Latin America to the centrally planned systems of the Soviet Union, Eastern Europe, and China.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Figures and Tables

Foreword

Introduction

Part 1 Asia

1 Philippine Land Reform in the 1980s

2 Explaining Anomalies in Agrarian Reform.- Lessons from South India

3 Bangladesh: A Strategy for Agrarian Reform

4 China: A Fieldwork-based Appraisal of the Household Responsibility System

Part 2 Latin America

5 Land Reform in Central America

6 Agrarian Reform in Mexico: A Cautionary Tale

7 Land Tenure and Land Reform in Brazil

Part 3 The Soviet Union and Eastern Europe

8 Land Tenure in Collectivized Agriculture: The Soviet Union, Poland, and Hungary

Part 4 Southern Africa

9 Ten Years After: Land Redistribution in Zimbabwe, 1980-1990

10 The Land Question in South Africa

Part 5 Conclusion

11 Issues for the Near Future

Contributors

Acknowledgments

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Aug 2023)

ISBN:

1-68585-893-7

OCLC:

1394872280