Research Catalog

Title

Autocracy and redistribution : the politics of land reform / Michael Albertus, University of Chicago.

Author

Albertus, Michael, 1983-

Publication

New York : Cambridge University Press, 2015.

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Description

xv, 347 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

• "When and why do countries redistribute land to the landless? What political purposes does land reform serve, and what place does it have in today's world? A long-standing literature dating back to Aristotle and echoed in important recent works holds that redistribution should be both higher and more targeted at the poor under democracy. Yet comprehensive historical data to test this claim has been lacking. This book shows that land redistribution - the most consequential form of redistribution in the developing world - occurs more often under dictatorship than democracy. It offers a novel theory of land reform and develops a typology of land reform policies. Albertus leverages original data spanning the world and dating back to 1900 to extensively test the theory using statistical analysis and case studies of key countries such as Egypt, Peru, Venezuela, and Zimbabwe. These findings call for rethinking much of the common wisdom about redistribution and regimes"--
• "When and why do countries redistribute land to the landless? What political purposes does land reform serve, and what place does it have in today's world? A longstanding literature dating back to Aristotle and echoed in important recent works holds that redistribution should be both higher and more targeted at the poor under democracy. Yet comprehensive historical data to test this claim has been lacking. This book shows that land redistribution - the most consequential form of redistribution in the developing world - occurs more often under dictatorship than democracy"--

Series Statement

Cambridge studies in comparative politics

Uniform Title

Cambridge studies in comparative politics.

Subjects

• Land reform > Political aspects
• Land reform > Developing countries > History
• Developing countries > Politics and government

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-344) and index.

Contents

1. Introduction -- 2. Actors, interests, and the origins of elite splits -- 3. A theory of land reform -- 4. Measuring land reform -- 5. A cross-national analysis of land reform in Latin America -- 6. Elite splits and redistribution under autocracy : Peru's 'revolution from above' -- 7. Land reform transformed to redistribution : Venezuela's Punto Fijo democracy and Chávez's Bolivarian revolution -- 8. Latin America in comparative perspective -- 9. Conclusion.

Call Number

JFE 16-2273

ISBN

• 9781107106550
• 1107106559
• 9781107514300
• 1107514304

LCCN

• 2015012675
• 40025280560

OCLC

908698956

Author

Albertus, Michael, 1983-

Title

Autocracy and redistribution : the politics of land reform / Michael Albertus, University of Chicago.

Publisher

New York : Cambridge University Press, 2015.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Cambridge studies in comparative politics

Cambridge studies in comparative politics.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-344) and index.

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Other Standard Identifier

40025280560

Research Call Number

JFE 16-2273