Autocracy and Redistribution: The Politics of Land Reform

by Michael Albertus

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107514304
• ISBN13: 9781107514300
• Release Date: September 2015
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 370 Pages
• Weight: 1.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.1"