Pro-Poor Land Reform A Critique

• Main Author: Borras, Saturnino
• Format: eBook Book
• Language: English
• Published: Ottawa University of Ottawa Press 2007; University of Ottawa Press / Les Presses de l’Université d’Ottawa
• Series: Studies in International Development and Globalization
• Subjects: Agrarian reform; agriculture; Agriculture and farming; American Government; Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (Philippines); Developing & Emerging Countries; Government policy; History; Land reform; Landlord; Peasant; Philippines; POLITICAL SCIENCE; Rural communities; Rural poor; Social groups, communities and identities; SOCIAL SCIENCE; Society and culture: general; Society and Social Sciences; Sociology; Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes; Very Large Telescope
• ISBN: 0776606506; 9780776606507; 9780776617718; 0776617710
• DOI: 10.26530/OAPEN_578765

Using empirical case materials from the Philippines and referring to rich experiences from different countries historically, this book offers conceptual and practical conclusions that have far-reaching implications for land reform throughout the world. Examining land reform theory and practice, this book argues that conventional practices have excluded a significant portion of land-based production and distribution relationships, while they have inadvertently included land transfers that do not constitute real redistributive reform. By direct implication, this book is a critique of both mainstream market led agrarian reform and conventional state-led land reform. It offers an alternative perspective on how to move forward in theory and practice and opens new paths in land policy research.