Overview

Governments have conferred ownership titles to many citizens throughout the world in an effort to turn things into property. Almost all elements of nature have become the target of property laws, from the classic preoccupation with land to more ephemeral material, such as air and genetic resources. When Things Become Property interrogates the mixed outcomes of conferring ownership by examining postsocialist land and forest reforms in Albania, Romania and Vietnam, and finds that property reforms are no longer, if they ever were, miracle tools available to governments for refashioning economies, politics or environments.

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Author:   Thomas Sikor ,  Stefan Dorondel ,  Johannes Stahl ,  Phuc Xuan To
Publisher:   Berghahn Books
Imprint:   Berghahn Books
Volume:   3
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.345kg
ISBN:  

9781785335587

ISBN 10:   1785335588
Pages:   250
Publication Date:   01 April 2017
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Preface List of Acronyms Introduction: Turning things into property PART I: AGRICULTURE: NEGOTIATING PROPERTY AND VALUE Introduction Chapter 1. Transnational migration, ethnicity, and property in Albania Chapter 2. Livelihood traditions, worker-peasants, and peasant entrepreneurs in Romania Chapter 3. Modernity, fantasies, and property in Vietnam PART II: FORESTS: CONTESTING PROPERTY AND AUTHORITY Introduction Chapter 4. Forests, state, and custom in Albania Chapter 5. Property, predators, and patrons in Romania Chapter 6. Land allocation, loggers, and lawmakers in Vietnam Conclusion: Postsocialist propertizing and the dynamics of property Index

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I think this is an excellent book. The command of the empirical material allows the authors to drive home a series of points that have theoretical purchase far beyond the analyzed contexts. This is an exciting contribution to the understanding of major social transformations. - Christian Lund, University or Copenhagen

<em> I think this is an excellent book. The command of the empirical material allows the authors to drive home a series of points that have theoretical purchase far beyond the analyzed contexts. This is an exciting contribution to the understanding of major social transformations. </em> <strong>. Christian Lund</strong>, University or Copenhagen</p>

Author Information

Thomas Sikor was Professor of Environment and Development at the University of East Anglia in the United Kingdom.

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