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Author:   Olivier De Schutter ,  Balakrishnan Rajagopal
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.520kg
ISBN:  

9781138657243

ISBN 10:   1138657247
Pages:   242
Publication Date:   09 December 2019
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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"1. Property Rights From Below: An Introduction to the Debate Olivier De Schutter and Balakrishnan Rajagopal Part I: The Global Commodification of Land and Competition for Resources 2. When Primitive Accumulation Inhabits Advanced Systems Saskia Sassen 3. Land Grab Governance and the Crisis of Market Rule Philip McMichael 4. From transgression to normative innovation: Land conflict resolution in South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo An Ansoms, with Emery Mudinga, Aymar Nyenyezi Bisoka, Giuseppe Davide Cioffo and Klara Claessens Part II: Social Mobilization and the Counter-Movement 5. Forging a Single Proletariat J. Phillip Thompson 6. Urban Squatters Sonia Katyal and Eduardo Peñalver 7. Land and territory: struggles for land and territorial rights in Brazil Sergio Sauer and Luís Felipe Perdigão de Castro 8. The Right to Land and Territory: New Human Right and Collective Action Frame Priscilla Claeys Part III: Shaping Alternatives: from Commodification to Rebuilding the Commons 9. Facilitating the Commons Inside Out Hanoch Dagan and Tsilly Dagan 10. Urban Commons, Property, and the Right to the City Sheila R. Foster 11. When Land is Inalienable. Territorial transformations and peasants’ property rights in Mexico Antonio Azuela 12. Conclusion: The Revival of the ""Commons"" and the Redeifinition of Property Rights Olivier De Schutter and Balakrishnan Rajagopal"

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Olivier De Schutter is Professor at the University of Louvain (UCL), Belgium, and at SciencesPo (Paris). He is also a member of the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. He was the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to food between 2008 and 2014 and has been a visiting professor at Columbia University and at Berkeley University, USA. Balakrishnan Rajagopal is a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA, where he is the head of the International Development Group at the Department of Urban Studies and Planning and the founding director of the Program on Human Rights and Justice and the Displacement Research and Action Network. He is an active member and one of the founders of the Third World Approaches to International Law (TWAIL) network of scholars.

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