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Redistributive Land Reform

Challenging Inequality in the 21st Century

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Redistributive Land Reform

Challenging Inequality in the 21st Century

  • Open Access
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Description

This field-redefining book puts land redistribution back on the map as a route for addressing deep inequalities in development, promoting improved livelihoods, and ensuring better environmental protection.

Written by a world-leading team of scholars, practitioners, policymakers, and activists, all hailing from the regions they discuss, Redistributive Land Reform Revisited compares land reform experiences in eight countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Europe. Each case study is based on longitudinal research covering economic, political, and environmental impacts over 30 to 40 years. By examining global land reform experiences, the book contributes to future policies that promote economic development, equity, and social justice.

Written in a style accessible to researchers, policymakers, and practitioners and activists alike, this book is a must-read for anyone seriously concerned with how informed land reform policies can lead to more socially and environmentally sustainable development.

The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by the International Institute of Social Studies.

Table of Contents

1. Redistributive Land Reform: Challenges for the Twenty-first Century (Ian Scoones, Saturnino M. Borras Jr., Ruth Hall, and Wendy Wolford)
2. The Bolivian Case: Limits and Possibilities of State-Led Agrarian Reform in Times of Liberalization (Gonzalo Colque)
3. Land Struggles and Agrarian Reform in Brazil: Disputes over the Meanings of Land Redistribution (Leonilde Servolo de Medeiros and Ricardo Braga Brito)
4. The Politics of Land Policies in Colombia (Lorenza Arango, Saturnino M. Borras Jr., Darío Fajardo, and Itayosara Rojas Herrera)
5. Possibilities and Limits of Land Redistribution Programmes in the Philippines (Saturnino M. Borras Jr., Danilo T. Carranza and Jennifer C. Franco)
6. Land Reforms in West Bengal, India: Agrarian Change, Inequality, and Indigenous Peoples' Rights over Fifty Years (Rajanya Bose)
7. The Conditions of Possibility – or Impossibility – of Radical Land Redistribution in South Africa (Ben Cousins and Ruth Hall)
8. Redistributing Land in Zimbabwe: People, Places, and Politics over Forty-five Years (Tapiwa Chatikobo, Godfrey Mahofa, Felix Murimbarimba, and Ian Scoones)
9. Beyond Redistribution: Towards Inclusive, Radical Land Relations for Transforming Food Systems in Scotland (Elise Wach, Tara Wight, and Roz Corbett)
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Product details

Bloomsbury Academic Test
Published Feb 04 2027
Format Paperback
Edition 1st
Pages 256
ISBN 9781350631168
Imprint Bloomsbury Academic
Dimensions 234 x 156 mm
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Anthology Editor

Ian Scoones

Rajesh Tandon is the founder and executive directo…

Anthology Editor

Saturnino M. Borras

Anthology Editor

Ruth Hall

Ruth Hall is the Director of the Institute for Pov…

Anthology Editor

Wendy Wolford

Wendy Wolford is the Robert A. and Ruth E. Polson…

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