A New Property Regime in Kyrgyzstan; an Investigation Into the Links Between Land Reform, Food Security, and Economic Development
Author: Henri Adolf Lodewijk Dekker
Publisher:
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 192
ISBN-13:
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Property Regimes in Transition, Land Reform, Food Security and Economic Development: A Case Study in the Kyrguz Republic
Author: Henri A.L. Dekker
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2018-06-08
Total Pages: 277
ISBN-13: 1351770012
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This title was first published in 2003. Many former communist republics strive to adopt a market economy in which the privatisation of landed property is a key element. Generally, it is expected that by doing so, economic development will take off, improving food security and decreasing rural poverty. The relationship between changing land regulations, economic development and poverty is complex and yet little understood. With land reform, governments in transitional economies expect to achieve economic growth and thus alleviation of rural poverty. Nowadays, there is ample research to prove that, to be effective, land policy reforms need to be complemented with institutional reforms, and rural development activities. It puts forward a model for rapid assessment of project progress in which macro-economic indicators are applied in a systematic way to give insight to concepts such as land tenure security and food security and to provide warning signals for less-desired developments as a result of project implementation.
The Changing of a Property Regime
Handbook of Land and Water Grabs in Africa
Author: John Anthony Allan
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013
Total Pages: 514
ISBN-13: 1857436695
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Four other themes will addressed: politics, economics, the environment and the history of land investments in sub-Saharan Africa.
China's Disappearing Countryside
Author: Yongjun Zhao
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2016-05-23
Total Pages: 174
ISBN-13: 1317167260
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →While China’s hybrid rural land tenure system has contributed to agricultural development, it is interwoven with rising farmland loss and social conflicts.This book examines the linkages between land tenure, development and governance in the context of China’s development transformation. Drawing on empirical studies, it advocates the exploration of innovative land tenure systems that address the wider determinants: institutions, power, politics and social development. It argues that a land tenure system can only be sustainable when it is compatible with the overall biophysical, social, political and economic conditions. This new institutional lens into the conditions and dynamics of land tenure systems marks a paradigm shift away from those focusing on the narrow meaning of land rights and tenure security strengthening, as these approaches can paradoxically contribute to weaker land and resource governance. Contributing to an enhanced understanding of the challenges China faces in agricultural development and natural resource governance and to the international debates on land tenure reform, this book will be of interest to researchers, practitioners, policy-makers and students in development studies, anthropology, sociology, political sciences, law, geography, economics, public administration and other relevant disciplines. The lessons learnt from China also shed light on its global engagement on sustainable development and governance issues.
Advances in Responsible Land Administration
Author: Jaap Zevenbergen
Publisher: CRC Press
Published: 2015-08-14
Total Pages: 298
ISBN-13: 1498719619
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Advances in Responsible Land Administration challenges conventional forms of land administration by introducing alternative approaches and provides the basis for a new land administration theory. A compilation of observations about responsible land administration in East Africa, it focuses on a new empirical foundation rather than preexisting ideal
The Invisible Line
Author: Henri A. L. Dekker
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 240
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A timely and clear overview of the historical and theoretical context of current land reform and tenure issues. Illustrated with global case studies, key sections explore land and rights to land, property, land tenure, and reform and land registration. The book summarises the main principles of land reform activities and practices and argues that the perception of land tenure security is the most critical factor of success to land reform.
The Force of Custom
Author: Judith Beyer
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Published: 2016-12-16
Total Pages: 222
ISBN-13: 0822981548
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Judith Beyer presents a finely textured ethnographic study that sheds new light on the legal and moral ordering of everyday life in northwestern Kyrgyzstan. Through her extensive fieldwork, Beyer captures the thoughts and voices of local people in two villages, Aral and Engels, and combines these with firsthand observations to create an original ethnography. Beyer shows how local Kyrgyz negotiate proper behavior and regulate disputes by invoking custom, known to the locals as salt. While salt is presented as age-old tradition, its invocation needs to be understood as a highly developed and flexible rhetorical strategy that people adapt to suit the political, legal, economic, and religious environments. Officially, codified state law should take precedence when it comes to dispute resolution, yet the unwritten laws of salt and the increasing importance of Islamic law provide the standards for ordering everyday life. As Beyer further reveals, interpretations of both Islamic and state law are also intrinsically linked to salt. By interweaving case studies on kinship, legal negotiations, festive events, mourning rituals, and political and business dealings, Beyer shows how salt is the binding element in rural Kyrgyz social life, used to explain and negotiate moral behavior and to postulate communal identity. In this way, salt provides a time-tested, sustainable source of authentication that defies changes in government and the tides of religious movements. Beyer's ground-level analysis provides a broad base of knowledge that will be valuable for students and researchers of contemporary Central Asia.
Property Law and Economics
Author: Boudewijn Bouckaert
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Published: 2010-01-01
Total Pages: 351
ISBN-13: 1849806519
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book contains illuminating and carefully written literature reviews on the central topics of the economics of property rights and institutions. As a bonus, it includes two fascinating chapters on topics off the beaten path slavery and new types of property rights in environmental goods. This book will be indispensible for students and experienced scholars alike. Eric Posner, University of Chicago Law School, US This study covers property law and property rights, providing a full summary and comprehensive bibliography of the existing law, together with discussion from an economic perspective on the most important aspects of property law. Leading experts have brought together their knowledge and insight on a full range of issues including comparative property law and the history of property law to create a truly autonomous interdisciplinary resource. This essential reference work will strongly appeal to scholars and students enrolled in academic programmes of law and economics. Academic lawyers involved in research and teaching of private (common) law, practicing lawyers in the field of real estate law, as well as economists involved in researching development economics and transition economics will also find this an invaluable resource.
Economy and Ritual
Author: Stephen Gudeman
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Published: 2017-05
Total Pages: 214
ISBN-13: 1785335197
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →According to accepted wisdom, rational practices and ritual action are opposed. Rituals drain wealth from capital investment and draw on a mode of thought different from practical ideas. The studies in this volume contest this view. Comparative, historical, and contemporary, the six ethnographies extend from Macedonia to Kyrgyzstan. Each one illuminates the economic and ritual changes in an area as it emerged from socialism and (re-)entered market society. Cutting against the idea that economy only means markets and that market action exhausts the meaning of economy, the studies show that much of what is critical for a people’s economic life takes place outside markets and hinges on ritual, understood as the negation of the everyday world of economising.
