Publication: Rural Land in the Global South: Issues and Analytical Frameworks.

INTRODUCTION

In the Global South, access to land and its resources, as well as control over and use of the land, are critical issues. At the heart of the challenges of state-building, agricultural development, food security, and environmental sustainability, land tenure is also a marker of identity and a recurring source of conflict.

Over the past twenty years, extensive research has advanced our understanding of these issues. Adopting a process-oriented and multidisciplinary approach, this book provides an overview of rural land dynamics in the Global South. Drawing on a rich international bibliography, it addresses key themes related to land issues: ranging from local practices and dynamics (evolution of land rights, land markets, conflicts…) to public policies (agrarian reforms, land rights formalization programs), including methodological challenges and land expertise. Each chapter fosters a critical dialogue between research questions, analytical frameworks, and research findings.

An unparalleled work on the subject, this book serves as a reference tool for all those—students, researchers, or development practitioners—who wish to deepen their understanding of land dynamics in contemporary rural societies. 

TABLE OF CONTENTS 

Introduction: Analyzing and Understanding Contemporary Rural Land Dynamics in the Global South

Part 1 - Analyzing Rural Land: Concepts and Methods

• Chapter 1 - Rural Land: Rights, Access, Actors, and Institutions
• Chapter 2 - Intrafamilial Dimensions of the Relationship to Land
• Chapter 3 - Commons and Governance of Shared-Access Resources
• Chapter 4 - Rural Land Policies and State Trajectories: Between Policies, Polity, and Politics
• Chapter 5 - Conducting Field-Based Research: Challenges and Methodological Options

Part 2 - Land Dynamics: Issues and Processes

• Chapter 6 - Land Dynamics, Agrarian Dynamics
• Chapter 7 - Land markets: dynamics, efficiency, equity
• Chapter 8 - Land Conflicts: Patterns and Trajectories
• Chapter 9 - Large-scale land acquisitions: realities, challenges, and trajectories

Part 3 - Land Policies: Debates and Controversies

• Chapter 10 - Policies and Operations for Formalizing Land Rights
• Chapter 11 - Redistributing Land: Assessment and Current Status of Agrarian Reforms
• Chapter 12 - Land and Environmental Policies
• Chapter 13 - Land Expertise in the Global South: Between Knowledge, Mediation, and Public Action

FEATURES

Publisher: IRD Editions

Series: Objectifs Suds

Publication Date: January 5, 2023