"A project of the Land Research Action Network (LRAN)." "This book represents the first harvest in the English language of the work of the Land Research Action Network (LRAN). LRAN is an international working group of researchers, analysts, non-government organizations (NGOs) and representatives of social movements"--Pref. Includes bibliographical references (p. 341-366) and index.
Contents:
Preface. A history and overview of the Land Research Action Network project / Shalmali Guttal, Peter Rosset, Maisa Luisa Mendonça -- Land and agrarian reform : historical perspectives. Introduction and overview : the resurgence of land reform in the 21st century / Michael Courville and Rajeev Patel ; The agrarian question in Guatemala / Hannah Whitman with Laura Saldivar Tanaka ; An introduction to land and agrarian reform in Zimbabwe / Tom Lebert ; Land and agrarian reform in South Africa / Wellington D. Thwala ; Land reform in India : issues and challenges / Manpreet Sethi -- Land reform : critical debates and perspectives. Introduction : critical themes in agrarian reform / Raj Patel ; The underlying assumptions, theory, and practice of neoliberal land policies / Saturnino M. Borras, Jr. ; Thailand's land titling program : securing land for the poor? / Rebeca Leonard and Kingkorn Narintarakul Na Ayutthaya ; Land concentration in Mexico after PROCEDE / Ana De Ita ; Colombia : agrarian reform, fake and genuine / Héctor Mondragón ; The World Bank's market-based land reform in Brazil / Sérgio Sauer ; Gender and land / Sofía Monsalve Suárez ; Indigenous peoples : land, territory, autonomy and self-determination / Rodolfo Stavenhagen -- Agrarian reform : alternatives and resistance. Introduction : Alternatives : between the state above and the movement below / Peter Rosset ; Surviving crisis in Cuba : the second agrarian reform and sustainable agriculture / Mavis Alvarez, Martin Bourque, Fernando Funes, Lucy Martin, Armando Nova, Peter Rosset ; Land for people not for profit in Venezuela / Gregory Wilpert ; Learning to participate : the MST experience in Brazil / Mônica Dias Martins ; Regional impacts of land reform in Brazil / Beatriz Heredia, Leonilde Medeiros, Moacir Palmeira, Rosângela Cintrão, and Sérgio Pereira Leite -- Conclusion. Moving forward : agrarian reform as part of food sovereignty / Peter Rosset.
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