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Thomas T Ankersen

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Tierra Y Libertad: The Social Function Doctrine And Land Reform In Latin America, Thomas T. Ankersen, Thomas Ruppert Dec 2015

Tierra Y Libertad: The Social Function Doctrine And Land Reform In Latin America, Thomas T. Ankersen, Thomas Ruppert

Thomas T Ankersen

Latin America has been caught for centuries in a vicious cycle of land consolidation and land reform; the issue perennially resurfaces since concentration of land and associated resources results in conflict.' Latin American nations are among the world's leaders when it comes to the inequality of land distribution. Land reform, or agrarian reform, as it is more commonly referred to in Latin America, is hardly a new phenomenon. As we will show, the need to develop a policy to redress the consolidation of lands by a powerful few and redistribute it in the name of equity and development has its …


Tierra Y Libertad: The Social Function Doctrine And Land Reform In Latin America, Thomas T. Ankersen, Thomas Ruppert Dec 2015

Tierra Y Libertad: The Social Function Doctrine And Land Reform In Latin America, Thomas T. Ankersen, Thomas Ruppert

Thomas T Ankersen

Latin America has been caught for centuries in a vicious cycle of land consolidation and land reform; the issue perennially resurfaces since concentration of land and associated resources results in conflict.' Latin American nations are among the world's leaders when it comes to the inequality of land distribution. Land reform, or agrarian reform, as it is more commonly referred to in Latin America, is hardly a new phenomenon. As we will show, the need to develop a policy to redress the consolidation of lands by a powerful few and redistribute it in the name of equity and development has its …