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Land and Agrarian Reform in Zimbabwe

Author : Sam Moyo,Walter Chambati
Publisher : African Books Collective
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2013-05-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9782869785724

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The Fast Track Land Reform Programme implemented during the 2000s in Zimbabwe represents the only instance of radical redistributive land reforms since the end of the Cold War. It reversed the racially-skewed agrarian structure and discriminatory land tenures inherited from colonial rule. The land reform also radicalised the state towards a nationalist, introverted accumulation strategy, against a broad array of unilateral Western sanctions. Indeed, Zimbabwes land reform, in its social and political dynamics, must be compared to the leading land reforms of the twentieth century, which include those of Mexico, Russia, China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Cuba and Mozambique. The fact that the Zimbabwe case has not been recognised as vanguard nationalism has much to do with the intellectual structural adjustment which has accompanied neoliberalism and a hostile media campaign. This has entailed dubious theories of neopatrimonialism, which reduce African politics and the state to endemic corruption, patronage, and tribalism while overstating the virtues of neoliberal good governance. Under this racist repertoire, it has been impossible to see class politics, mass mobilisation and resistance, let alone believe that something progressive can occur in Africa. This book comes to a conclusion that the Zimbabwe land reform represents a new form of resistance with distinct and innovative characteristics when compared to other cases of radicalisation, reform and resistance. The process of reform and resistance has entailed the deliberate creation of a tri-modal agrarian structure to accommodate and balance the interests of various domestic classes, the progressive restructuring of labour relations and agrarian markets, the continuing pressures for radical reforms (through the indigenisation of mining and other sectors), and the rise of extensive, albeit relatively weak, producer cooperative structures. The book also highlights some of the resonances between the Zimbabwean land struggles and those on the continent, as well as in the South in general, arguing that there are some convergences and divergences worthy of intellectual attention. The book thus calls for greater endogenous empirical research which overcomes the pre-occupation with failed interpretations of the nature of the state and agency in Africa.

Change and Continuity in Agrarian Relations

Author : Gopal Krishna Karanth
Publisher : Concept Publishing Company
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Agricultural laborers
ISBN : 8170225558

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Change and Continuity in Agrarian Relations by Gopal Krishna Karanth Pdf

Case study of Rajapura, village in Bangalore District.

Agrarian Studies

Author : V. K. Ramachandran,Madhura Swaminathan
Publisher : Zed Books
Page : 612 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 184277316X

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Agrarian Studies by V. K. Ramachandran,Madhura Swaminathan Pdf

The Development and Planning Department of the Government of West Bengal held an international conference in Kolkata in 2002, which provided a forum for debate and discussion on new research in the field of agrarian relations in less-developed countries. The papers brought together in this volume were first presented at this conference, and cover a wide range of theoretical issues and empirical experiences. Some address land reform, and others focus on liberalized trade and mobile financial flows. Country case studies concerned with changes in agrarian relations include Mexico, Chile, Brazil, Cuba, China, and Bangladesh; others on South Africa, the Philippines, and sub-Saharan Africa identify land reforms in the contemporary period.

Land Reforms and Changing Agrarian Relations

Author : Candraśēkhara Dāmle
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015032580584

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Land Reforms and Changing Agrarian Relations by Candraśēkhara Dāmle Pdf

Case study of the impact of land reform legislation in South Kanara District in Karnataka State.

Changing Agrarian Structure and Labour Relations

Author : G. Satyanarayana
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015029973081

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Reconfigured Agrarian Relations in Zimbabwe

Author : Shonhe, Toendepi
Publisher : Langaa RPCIG
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2017-12-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789956764211

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Reconfigured Agrarian Relations in Zimbabwe by Shonhe, Toendepi Pdf

Radical land reform programmes generate changes in agrarian structures and capital accumulation trajectories in the countryside. This book examines how capital accumulation is being reshaped by changing financing and marketing of agricultural commodities and presents an emerging Quadi-PMMR-model agrarian structure composed of the poor, middle, middle-to-rich peasants and some rich capitalists with a growing middle scale farmer base constituting two thirds of the rural population in Zimbabwe. This evidence based assessment, 15 years after the FTLRP, sheds light on policy outcomes and impacts on communities, revealing the changing production, marketing, capital accumulation and class formation tendencies across Zimbabwe’s settlement models and agro-ecological settings. The book fuses the reliance on agrarian political economy lenses and factor component analysis to reveal the dynamics of agrarian change and to explore the dialectic between production and circulation and between the centre and periphery in exceptional fashion that expands our understanding of Zimbabwe’s agrarian transition.

Control of Land and Labour in Colonial Java

Author : J. Breman
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 171 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2021-12-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004487352

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Control of Land and Labour in Colonial Java by J. Breman Pdf

Land reforms are usually associated with political regimes trying to restructure rural society in accordance with principles of equality and justice. In striking contrast the colonial land reform discussed in this book led to the introduction of a land floor below which small owners lost their property rights. Thus the regional authorities dealt very firmly with the agrarian crisis which became manifest in Cirebon residency in West Java at the beginning of the 20th century. The study explores the historical background of these developments, highlighting the role of agribusiness in the underdevelopment of the peasant economy. Underlying the new, rather drastic policy was the colonial government’s attempt to encourage social differentiation at the village level in order to pave the way for capitalistic agricultural development. Caught between the dominant interests of the large-scale sugar estates in the area and the ideals of the protagonists of a doctrine of more populist inspiration, the land reform was bound to fall short of the stated objective: the development of a viable peasantry which would become the economic and political backbone of a stable colonial order. The final part of the book, in which the analysis shifts from the regional to the national level, discusses rural stratification and rural policies in post-colonial Indonesia.

Power, Distortions, Revolt, and Reform in Agricultural Land Relations

Author : Hans P. Binswanger,Klaus W. Deininger,Gershon Feder
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Agricultural productivity
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Power, Distortions, Revolt, and Reform in Agricultural Land Relations by Hans P. Binswanger,Klaus W. Deininger,Gershon Feder Pdf

Land and Agrarian Reform in Zimbabwe

Author : Sam Moyo,Walter Chambati
Publisher : African Books Collective
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9782869785533

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Land and Agrarian Reform in Zimbabwe by Sam Moyo,Walter Chambati Pdf

The Fast Track Land Reform Programme implemented during the 2000s in Zimbabwe represents the only instance of radical redistributive land reforms since the end of the Cold War. It reversed the racially-skewed agrarian structure and discriminatory land tenures inherited from colonial rule. The land reform also radicalised the state towards a nationalist, introverted accumulation strategy, against a broad array of unilateral Western sanctions. Indeed, Zimbabwe's land reform, in its social and political dynamics, must be compared to the leading land reforms of the twentieth century, which include those of Mexico, Russia, China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Cuba and Mozambique. The fact that the Zimbabwe case has not been recognised as vanguard nationalism has much to do with the 'intellectual structural adjustment' which has accompanied neoliberalism and a hostile media campaign. This has entailed dubious theories of ëneopatrimonialismí, which reduce African politics and the state to endemic ëcorruptioní, ëpatronageí, and ëtribalismí while overstating the virtues of neoliberal good governance. Under this racist repertoire, it has been impossible to see class politics, mass mobilisation and resistance, let alone believe that something progressive can occur in Africa. This book comes to a conclusion that the Zimbabwe land reform represents a new form of resistance with distinct and innovative characteristics when compared to other cases of radicalisation, reform and resistance. The process of reform and resistance has entailed the deliberate creation of a tri-modal agrarian structure to accommodate and balance the interests of various domestic classes, the progressive restructuring of labour relations and agrarian markets, the continuing pressures for radical reforms (through the indigenisation of mining and other sectors), and the rise of extensive, albeit relatively weak, producer cooperative structures. The book also highlights some of the resonances between the Zimbabwean land struggles and those on the continent, as well as in the South in general, arguing that there are some convergences and divergences worthy of intellectual attention. The book thus calls for greater endogenous empirical research which overcomes the pre-occupation with failed interpretations of the nature of the state and agency in Africa.

Politico-peasantry Conflict in India

Author : Suresh Misra
Publisher : Mittal Publications
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Land reform
ISBN : 8170993067

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Politico-peasantry Conflict in India by Suresh Misra Pdf

African Land Reform Under Economic Liberalisation

Author : Shinichi Takeuchi
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2021-10-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789811647253

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African Land Reform Under Economic Liberalisation by Shinichi Takeuchi Pdf

This open access book offers unique in-depth, comprehensive, and comparative analyses of the motivations, context, and outcomes of recent land reforms in Africa. Whereas a considerable number of land reforms have been carried out by African governments since the 1990s, no systematic analysis on their meaning has so far been conducted. In the age of land reform, Africa has seen drastic rural changes. Analysing the relationship between those reforms and change, the chapters in this book reveal not only their socio-economic outcomes, such as accelerated marketisation of land, but also their political outcomes, which have often been contrasting. Countries such as Rwanda and Mozambique have utilised land reform to strengthen state control over land, but other countries, such as Ghana and Zambia, have seen the rise in power of traditional chiefs in managing the land. The comparative perspective of this book clarifies new features of African social changes, which are carefully investigated by area experts. Providing new perspectives on recent land reform, this book will have a considerable impact on scholars as well as policymakers.

Twenty-Six Centuries of Agrarian Reform

Author : Elias H. Tuma
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2023-11-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520312128

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Have land reform movements ever managed to redistribute wealth, to encourage economic development, to improve standards of living, to ensure political stability? This book answers in the negative. Drawing upon land reform movements over twenty-six centuries of history, Tuma develops a hypothesis about land tenure reform that should enable other scholars to evaluate the success of past reform movements and to see the trends of present and future ones more clearly. In the first part of the study, a general definition of land tenure reform is advanced. Starting with the ordinary meaning of reform as "a redistribution of land to benefit the small farmer or landless agricultural worker," this definition is modified so as to take into account various forms of tenure of title to land, patterns of cultivation, terms of holding, and scale of operation. The middle section of the book presents a comparative study of different types of land reform movements. Eight major "case histories" are considered--the Greek reforms of Solon and Pisistratus in the sixth century B.C.; the Roman reforms of the Gracchi in the second century B.C.; the English tenure changes covering the commutations of the Middle Ages, and the enclosures of the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries; the reforms accompanying the French Revolution; the three Russian reforms: the emancipation of 1861, the Stolypin reforms of 1906 - 1911, and the Soviet reform beginning in 1917; the Mexican reform after the 1910 revolution; the Japanese reform after the Second World War; and the Egyptian reform starting in 1952. In sum, the book relates the land reform movements of past centuries to those now in progress in underdeveloped countries. It argues that the land reforms of the last two decades have dealt with symptoms rather than causes, have affected only a small percentage of either the population or the cultivable area, and warns that even if high concentrations of the land-holdings are broken down, reconcentration is likely to recur unless strong preventive measures are taken. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1965.

Pro-Poor Land Reform

Author : Saturnino Borras
Publisher : University of Ottawa Press
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2007-09-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780776618579

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Pro-Poor Land Reform by Saturnino Borras Pdf

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.