The Global Land Grab: Beyond the Hype

By Mayke Kaag and Annelies Zoomers

Book Overview

The last two years have seen a huge amount of academic, policy-making and media interest in the increasingly contentious issue of land grabbing - the large-scale acquisition of land in the global South. It is a phenomenon against which locals seem defenceless, and one about which multilateral organizations, such as the World Bank, as well as civil-society organizations and action NGOs have become increasingly vocal.

This in-depth and empirically diverse volume - taking in case studies from across Africa, Asia and Latin America - takes a step back from the hype to explore a number of key questions: Does the 'global land grab' actually exist? If so, what is new about it? And what, beyond the immediately visible dynamics and practices, are the real problems?

A comprehensive and much-needed intervention on one of the most hotly contested but little-understood issues facing countries of the South today.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 178032894X
• ISBN13: 9781780328942
• Release Date: February 2014
• Publisher: Zed Books
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"