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When Things Become Property: Land Reform, Authority and Value in Postsocialist Europe and Asia
Thomas Sikor
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Description for When Things Become Property: Land Reform, Authority and Value in Postsocialist Europe and Asia
Paperback. Series: Max Planck Studies in Anthropology and Economy. BIC Classification: JHMC; LNS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Governments have conferred ownership titles to many citizens throughout the world in an effort to turn things into property. Almost all elements of nature have become the target of property laws, from the classic preoccupation with land to more ephemeral material, such as air and genetic resources. When Things Become Property interrogates the mixed outcomes of conferring ownership by examining postsocialist land and forest reforms in Albania, Romania and Vietnam, and finds that property reforms are no longer, if they ever were, miracle tools available to governments for refashioning economies, politics or environments.
Governments have conferred ownership titles to many citizens throughout the world in an effort to turn things into property. Almost all elements of nature have become the target of property laws, from the classic preoccupation with land to more ephemeral material, such as air and genetic resources. When Things Become Property interrogates the mixed outcomes of conferring ownership by examining postsocialist land and forest reforms in Albania, Romania and Vietnam, and finds that property reforms are no longer, if they ever were, miracle tools available to governments for refashioning economies, politics or environments.
Product Details
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Series
Max Planck Studies in Anthropology and Economy
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
250
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781785335587
SKU
V9781785335587
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99-15
About Thomas Sikor
Johannes Stahl, former Ciriacy-Wantrup Postdoctoral Fellow in Natural Resource Economics and Political Economy at the University of California at Berkeley, now works for a multilateral environmental agreement dealing with trade in endangered species of fauna and flora.
Reviews for When Things Become Property: Land Reform, Authority and Value in Postsocialist Europe and Asia
I think this is an excellent book. The command of the empirical material allows the authors to drive home a series of points that have theoretical purchase far beyond the analyzed contexts. This is an exciting contribution to the understanding of major social transformations. - Christian Lund, University or Copenhagen