TY - BOOK ID - 9044495 TI - Current land policy in Latin America : regulating land tenure under neo-liberalism. AU - van der Haar, Gemma AU - Zoomers, E. B. PY - 2000 SN - 3893541276 9068321374 PB - Frankfurt Iberoamericano DB - UniCat KW - Land reform KW - Land tenure KW - Agrarian tenure KW - Feudal tenure KW - Freehold KW - Land ownership KW - Land question KW - Landownership KW - Tenure of land KW - Land use, Rural KW - Real property KW - Land, Nationalization of KW - Landowners KW - Serfdom KW - Agrarian reform KW - Economic policy KW - Social policy KW - Agriculture and state KW - History KW - Environmental Sciences and Forestry. Physical Planning KW - Land Use Planning KW - Land Use Planning. KW - Third World: economic development problems KW - Latin America KW - Developing countries: economic development problems UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:9044495 AB - This book offers a critical reflection on current land policies in Latin America. Privatization and individualization of land rights, the corner stone of these policies, are analyzed from different perspectives. Attention is paid to the process of institutional reform and underlying assumptions, indicating some of the major shortcomings and ambiguities. The operation of free land markets is analyzed in relation to its implications for production, social goals (e.g., the rights of women and indigenous people), and sustainable resource management. The book includes a number of case studies from Costa Rica, Mexico, Bolivia, and Honduras, address the complexities of land tenure regulation. This book includes contributions by economists, sociologists, agronomists, historians, anthropologists, and geographers. By bringing about a better understanding of the implications of current land policy and generating concrete policy recommendations it aims to make a positive contribution to the land debate. It is the most comprehensive evaluation to be made of the land policies implemented in Latin America since the 1980s. ER -