Promised Land : Competing Visions of Agrarian Reform

Foreword ix Carmen Diana Deere Preface: A History and Overview of the Land Research Action Network xiii Shalmali Guttal, Peter Rosset, and Maisa Luisa Mendon /TD> PART I. LAND AND AGRARIAN REFORM: HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES Introduction and Overview. The Resurgence of Agrarian Reform in the Twenty-first Century 3(92) Michael Courville and Raj Patel 1. The Agrarian Question in Guatemala 23(17) Hannah Wittman with Laura Saldivar Tanaka 2. An Introduction to Land and Agrarian Reform in Zimbabwe 40(17) Tom Lebert 3. Land and Agrarian Reform in South Africa 57(16) Wellington Didibhuku Thwala 4. Land Reform in India: Issues and Challenges 73(22) Manpreet Sethi PART II. LAND REFORM: CRITICAL DEBATES AND PERSPECTIVES Introduction. Critical Themes in Agrarian Reform 95(97) Raj Patel 5. The Underlying Assumptions, Theory, and Practice of Neoliberal Land Policies 99(30) Saturnino M. Borras Jr. 6. Thailand's Land Titling Program: Securing Land for the Poor? 129(19) Rebeca Leonard and Kingkorn Narintarakul Na Ayutthaya 7. Land Concentration in Mexico after PROCEDE 148(17) Ana De Ita 8. Colombia: Agrarian Reform Fake and Genuine 165(12) H or Mondrag n 9. The World Bank's Market-Based Land Reform in Brazil 177(15) S io Sauer 10. Gender and Land 192(16) Sofia Monsalve Su z 11. Indigenous Peoples: Land, Territory, Autonomy, and Self-Determination 208(13) Rodolfo Stavenhagen PART III. AGRARIAN REFORM: ALTERNATIVES AND RESISTANCE Introduction. Alternatives: Between the State Above and the Movement Below 221(4) Peter Rosset 12. Surviving Crisis in Cuba: The Second Agrarian Reform and Sustainable Agriculture 225(24) Mavis Alvarez, Martin Bourque, Fernando Funes, Lucy Martin, Armando Nova, and Peter Rosset 13. Land for People Not for Profit in Venezuela 249(16) Gregory Wilpert 14. Learning to Participate: The MST Experience in Brazil 265(12) M nica Dias Martins 15. Regional Impacts of Land Reform in Brazil 277(24) Beatriz Heredia, Leonilde Medeiros, Moacir Palmeira, Ros ela Cintr and S io Pereira Leite 16. Conclusion. Moving Forward: Agrarian Reform as Part of Food Sovereignty 301(22) Peter Rosset Notes 323(18) References 341(26) About the Authors 367(4) Index 371