GGRC25H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Agrarian Reform, Land Tenure, Land Grabbing
25 Oct 2016
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Critical examination of the relationship between land reform and development (in multiple meanings) To encourage students to appreciate the rationale for land reform (why it is necessary) and how this can affect development. Different concepts relating to land reform and development (e. g. meanings of land ; land possession, land reform, tenure reform land restitution, development, etc. ) Motivation for land reform (human rights or economic development; political. People lose land because of political reasons, this is the political motivation for land reform; structural adjustment programs. Market led land( power of market demand used to move land around; land becomes a commodity) and agrarian reform. Country case on land reform and development. Home: taking about the land that makes up your home. Territory with which a particular people identify (land as a territory). Landscape valued for its natural resources/livelihoods (food, shelter, raw materials)
