Expropriations of Private Property for Economic ‘Development’ in the United States: Re-Thinking the Titling and Rule of Law Solutions to Land Grabs in the Global South

Mainstream discourses tend to treat land dispossession as a ‘developing’ country problem that arises due to weak/corrupt legal systems and inadequate property institutions. This article unsettles such discourses by examining expropriations for economic ‘development’ in the United States —a country t...

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Main Author: Thomson, Frances
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2020
Subjects:
Expropriation
private property
dispossession
land grabbing
United States
Expropiación
propiedad privada
despojo de tierras
Estados Unidos
Expropriação
propriedade privada
despojo de terras
Online Access:https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/oaiart?codigo=7576150
Source:Revista Estudios Socio-Jurídicos, ISSN 0124-0579, Vol. 22, Nº. 2, 2020 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Economías ilícitas y movilización social)
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