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Governing Global Land Deals: The Role of the State in the Rush for Land
Wendy Wolford (Ed.)
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Description for Governing Global Land Deals: The Role of the State in the Rush for Land
Paperback. Over the past decade, there has been a dramatic increase in large-scale land deals, often from public lands to the hands of foreign or domestic investors. This collection provides new empirical and theoretical analyses of the relationships between global land grabs and processes of government and governance. Editor(s): Wolford, Wendy; Borras, Saturnino M., Jr.; Hall, Ruth; Scoones, Ian; White, Ben. Series: Development and Change Special Issues. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: GTF; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 370.
This collection of essays in Governing Global Land Deals provides new empirical and theoretical analyses of the relationships between global land grabs and processes of government and governance.
- Reframes debates on global land grabs by focusing on the relationship between large-scale land deals and processes of governance
- Offers new theoretical insights into the different forms and effects of global land acquisitions
- Illuminates both the micro-processes of transaction and expropriation, as well as the broader structural forces at play in global land deals
- Provides new empirical data on the different actors involved in contemporary land deals occurring across the globe and focuses on the specific institutional, political, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Series
Development and Change Special Issues
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United States
ISBN
9781118688267
SKU
V9781118688267
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About Wendy Wolford (Ed.)
Wendy Wolford is the Robert A. and Ruth E. Polson Professor of Development Sociology at Cornell University. Saturnino M. Borras, Jr. is Associate Professor of Rural Development Studies at the International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) in The Hague, The Netherlands. Ruth Hall is an Associate Professor at the Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies ... Read more
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