Governing global land deals : the role of the state in the rush for land /

• Other Authors: Wolford, Wendy (Editor), Borras, Saturnino M. (Editor), Hall, Ruth (Professor) (Editor), Scoones, Ian (Editor), White, Benjamin (Editor)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom : Wiley, 2013.
• Series: Development and change (Unnumbered)
• Subjects: Land use > Law and legislation > Developing countries.; Eminent domain > Developing countries.; Law and economic development.; LAW > Military.; Eminent domain.; Land use > Law and legislation.; Landnahme.; Agrobusiness.; Lebensmittelindustrie.; Regierung.; Politik.; Developing countries.; Electronic books.
• Item Description: Originally published as volume 44, issue 2 of Development and Change.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9781118688243; 1118688244; 9781118688236; 1118688236; 9781118688250; 1118688252; 1118688260; 9781118688267; 129993935X; 9781299939356
• DOI: 10.1002/9781118688229

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.