| ID | 124944 |
| Title Proper | Cycles of land grabbing in Central America |
| Other Title Information | an argument for history and a case study in the Bajo Aguan, Honduras |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Edelman, Marc ; Leon, Andres |
| Publication | 2013. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | The lack of historical perspective in many studies of land grabbing leads researchers to ignore or underestimate the extent to which pre-existing social relations shape rural spaces in which contemporary land deals occur. Bringing history back in to land grabbing research is essential for understanding antecedents, establishing baselines to measure impacts and restoring the agency of contending agrarian social classes. In Central America each of several cycles of land grabbing-liberal reforms, banana concessions and agrarian counter-reform-has profoundly shaped the period that succeeded it. In the Bajo Aguán region of Honduras-a centre of agrarian reform and then counter-reform-violent conflicts over land have been materially shaped by both peasant, landowner and state repertoires of contention and repression, as well as by peasants' memories of dispossession. |
| `In' analytical Note | Third World Quarterly Vol.34, No.9; 2013: p.1697-1722 |
| Journal Source | Third World Quarterly Vol.34, No.9; 2013: p.1697-1722 |
| Key Words | Land Grabbing Cycles ; Land Grabs ; Central America ; History ; Bajo Aruan ; Honduras ; Social Reforms ; Social Development ; Law And Justice ; Land Reforms ; Economic Development ; Edelman, Marc ; Leon, Andres ; Social Relations ; Contemporary Land Deals Occur ; Liberal Reforms ; Agrarian Reform |