Governing Global Land Deals : the Role of the State in the Rush for Land.

This collection of essays inGoverning Global Land Dealsprovides 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 pr...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Wolford, Wendy
Other Authors: Borras, Saturnino M., Hall, Ruth (Professor), Scoones, Ian, White, Ben
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken : Wiley, 2013.
Series:Development and Change Special Issues.
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Summary:This collection of essays inGoverning Global Land Dealsprovides 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 governanceOffers new theoretical insights into the different forms and effects of global land acquisitionsIlluminates both the micro-processes of transaction and expropriation, as well as the broader structural forces at play in global land dealsProvidesnew empirical data on the different actors involved in contemporary land deals occurring across the globe and focuses on the specific institutional, political, and economic contexts in which they are acting.
Physical Description:1 online resource (289 pages)
ISBN:9781118688250
1118688252
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