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This book links political and economic sociology examining how post-socialist property changes are rooted in the socialist past and how they relate to the meaning and practices of transition states and their capacity for sustainable economic development. It raises the issue of the applicability of Western institutions in the Eastern European context and the implications for the contemporary politics of European integration in which E.U. politics aim to smooth over the many divergences of its members.
Privatization --- Right of property --- Post-communism --- Ownership of property --- Private ownership of property, Right of --- Private property, Right of --- Property, Right of --- Property rights --- Right of private ownership of property --- Right of private property --- Right to property --- Law and legislation --- Civil rights --- Property --- E-books
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To improve their well-being, the poor in developing countries have used both collective action through formal and informal groups and property rights to natural resources. Collective Action and Property Rights for Poverty Reduction: Insights from Africa and Asia examines how these two types of institutions, separately and together, influence quality of life and how they can be strengthened to improve the livelihoods of the rural poor.The product of a global research study by the Systemwide Program on Collective Action and Property Rights (CAPRi) of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research, this book draws on case studies from East Africa and South and Southeast Asia to investigate how collective action and property rights have contributed to poverty reduction. The book extends the analysis of these institutions beyond their frequently studied role in natural resource management by also examining how they can reduce vulnerability to different types of shocks.Essays in the volume identify opportunities and risks present in the institutions of collective action and property rights. For example, property rights to natural resources can offer a variety of advantages, providing individuals and groups not only with benefits and incomes but also with assets that can counter the negative effects of shocks such as drought, and can make collective action easier. The authors also demonstrate that collective action has the potential to reduce poverty if it includes more vulnerable groups such as women, ethnic minorities, and the very poor. Preventing exclusion of these often-marginalized groups and guaranteeing genuinely inclusive collective action might require special rules and policies. Another danger to the poor is the capture of property rights by elites, which can be the result of privatization and decentralization policies; case studies and analysis identify actions to prevent such elite capture.
Poverty --- Right of property --- Community organization --- Ownership of property --- Private ownership of property, Right of --- Private property, Right of --- Property, Right of --- Property rights --- Right of private ownership of property --- Right of private property --- Right to property --- Civil rights --- Property --- CBOs (Community organization) --- Community-based organizations --- Community councils --- Community life --- Economic aspects --- Law and legislation --- Business. --- Economics. --- Political Science. --- Public Policy.
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American cities, once economic and social launch pads for their residents, are all too often plagued by poverty and decay. One need only to look at the ruins of Detroit to see how far some once-great cities have fallen, or at Boston and San Francisco for evidence that such decline is reversible. In Boom Towns, Stephen J.K. Walters diagnoses the root causes of urban decline in order to prescribe remedies that will enable cities to thrive once again. Arguing that commonplace explanations for urban decay misunderstand the nature of our towns, Walters reconceives of cities as dense accumulations of capital in all of its forms—places that attract people by making their labor more productive and their leisure more pleasurable. Policymakers, therefore, must properly define and enforce property rights in order to prevent the flight of capital and the resulting demise of urban centers. Using vivid evocations of iconic towns and the people who crucially affected their destinies, Walters shows how public policy measures which aim to revitalize often do more harm than good. He then outlines a more promising set of policies to remedy the capital shortage that continues to afflict many cities and needlessly limit their residents' opportunities. With its fresh interpretation of one of the American quandaries of our day, Boom Towns offers a novel contribution to the debate about American cities and a program for their restoration.
Urban policy --- Urban renewal --- Urban economics. --- Right of property --- Ownership of property --- Private ownership of property, Right of --- Private property, Right of --- Property, Right of --- Property rights --- Right of private ownership of property --- Right of private property --- Right to property --- Civil rights --- Property --- Cities and towns --- City economics --- Economics of cities --- Economics --- Economic aspects --- Law and legislation --- Urban economics --- E-books
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"Why do some political leaders create and strengthen institutions such as title registries and land tribunals that secure property rights to land, while others neglect these institutions or destroy those that already exist? How do these institutions evolve once they have been established? This book answers these questions through spatial and temporal comparison of national and subnational cases from Botswana, Ghana, and Kenya, and, to a lesser extent, Zimbabwe. Onoma argues that the level of property rights security that leaders prefer depends on how they use land. However, the extent to which leaders' institutional preferences are translated into actual institutions depends on the level of leaders' capacity. Further, once established, these institutions through their very working can contribute to their own decline over time. This book is unique in revealing the political and economic reasons why some leaders, unlike others, prefer an environment of insecure rights even as land prices increase"--Provided by publisher.
Right of property --- Ownership of property --- Private ownership of property, Right of --- Private property, Right of --- Property, Right of --- Property rights --- Right of private ownership of property --- Right of private property --- Right to property --- Civil rights --- Property --- Law and legislation --- E-books --- Economics --- Possession (Law) --- Things (Law) --- Wealth --- Primitive property --- Social Sciences --- Political Science
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Property --- Right of property --- Ownership of property --- Private ownership of property, Right of --- Private property, Right of --- Property, Right of --- Property rights --- Right of private ownership of property --- Right of private property --- Right to property --- Civil rights --- Economics --- Possession (Law) --- Things (Law) --- Wealth --- Law and legislation --- Primitive property
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This treatise focuses directly on the concept of ownership, on the complex structure of property rights, and the relation between that structure and distributive justice.
Law of real property --- Legal theory and methods. Philosophy of law --- Property --- Economics --- Possession (Law) --- Things (Law) --- Wealth --- Law and legislation --- Property. --- E-books --- Right of property. --- Ownership of property --- Private ownership of property, Right of --- Private property, Right of --- Property, Right of --- Property rights --- Right of private ownership of property --- Right of private property --- Right of property --- Right to property --- Civil rights --- Primitive property
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Describes conflicts over land use on the Brazilian frontier and analyzes the evolution of property rights from an institutional perspective.
Land reform --- Right of property --- Business & Economics --- Real Estate, Housing & Land Use --- Government policy --- Ownership of property --- Private ownership of property, Right of --- Private property, Right of --- Property, Right of --- Property rights --- Right of private ownership of property --- Right of private property --- Right to property --- Agrarian reform --- Law and legislation --- Economic policy --- Land use, Rural --- Social policy --- Agriculture and state --- Civil rights --- Property --- Brazil --- Para (State) --- Paraná (Brazil : State)
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This volume celebrates one of Canada's most distinguished social scientists and economics scholars. The book contains four essays, with comments, written to honour Gordon, with reminiscences by friends and colleagues from many universities in Canada and the U.S.
Welfare economics. --- Right of property. --- Economic policy. --- Gordon, Scott, --- Economic nationalism --- Economic planning --- National planning --- State planning --- Ownership of property --- Private ownership of property, Right of --- Private property, Right of --- Property, Right of --- Property rights --- Right of private ownership of property --- Right of private property --- Right of property --- Right to property --- Law and legislation --- Gordon, H. Scott --- Gordon, Howard Scott, --- Economics --- Planning --- National security --- Social policy --- Civil rights --- Property --- Economic policy
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Institutional economics. --- Right of property. --- Economic policy and planning (general) --- Institutional economics --- Right of property --- 330.48 --- AA / International- internationaal --- Ownership of property --- Private ownership of property, Right of --- Private property, Right of --- Property, Right of --- Property rights --- Right of private ownership of property --- Right of private property --- Right to property --- Neo-klassiekers en andere post-keynesiaanse theorieën. Public choice. Institutionalisten. Home economics. Analyseschool van de transactiekosten --- Law and legislation --- Civil rights --- Property --- Economics --- Economic Theory --- Business & Economics
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Property --- Right of property --- Public lands --- Common good --- History. --- Good, Common --- Public good --- Lands, Public --- Ownership of property --- Private ownership of property, Right of --- Private property, Right of --- Property, Right of --- Property rights --- Right of private ownership of property --- Right of private property --- Right to property --- Law and legislation --- Political science --- Consensus (Social sciences) --- Justice --- Public interest --- Land use --- Public domain --- Crown lands --- Natural resources, Communal --- Civil rights --- Economics --- Possession (Law) --- Things (Law) --- Wealth --- Primitive property
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