Author : Gloria L. Gallardo Fernandez
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351765477
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (517 download)
Book Synopsis Communal Land Ownership in Chile by : Gloria L. Gallardo Fernandez
Download or read book Communal Land Ownership in Chile written by Gloria L. Gallardo Fernandez and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-11-22 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title was first published in 2002. While capitalism continues to convert former communal land into private property, communal ownership still exists throughout the world. By examining the agricultural communities of Chile's semi-arid Norte Chico region where the land commons are predominant, Gloria Gallardo Fernandez investigates the historical origins, emergence, socio-economic context and current development of this form of land tenure. The case study is contrasted with communal land areas in Mexico, South Africa, Switzerland and the UK, whose distinct historical and socio-politcal developments are also explored. This investigation documents almost four centuries, stemming from colonial archival sources, and thus fills the theoretical and empirical gap in the literature about this form of commons.