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Agrarian Reform and Grassroots Development : Ten Case Studies /

Agrarian Reform and Grassroots Development : Ten Case Studies / ed. by Roy L. Prosterman, Timothy M. Hanstad, Mary N. Temple. - 1 online resource (342 p.)

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

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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.


Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.


In English.

9781555872311 9781685858933

10.1515/9781685858933 doi


POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Agriculture & Food Policy (see also SOCIAL SCIENCE / Agriculture & Food) .