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

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.

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Place / Publishing House:Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2023]
©1991
Year of Publication:2023
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (342 p.)
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Table of 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