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Autocracy and Redistribution: The Politics of Land Reform

Albertus, Michael·2015·Cambridge University Press eBooks
DOI 10.1017/cbo9781316227107
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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 - the most consequential form of redistribution in the developing world - occurs more often under dictatorship than democracy. It offers a novel theory of land reform and develops a typology of land reform policies. Albertus leverages original data spanning the world and dating back to 1900 to extensively test the theory using statistical analysis and case studies of key countries such as Egypt, Peru, Venezuela, and Zimbabwe. These findings call for rethinking much of the common wisdom about redistribution and regimes.

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Authors
Albertus, M.
Affiliations
University of Chicago (US)
Corresponding author
Albertus, Michael
ORCID
Albertus, Michael
Venue
Cambridge University Press eBooks
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Published
2015-09-15
DOI
10.1017/cbo9781316227107
OpenAlex
W3210426164
Cited by
390
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Citations by year
2026: 15 · 2025: 44 · 2024: 15 · 2023: 18 · 2022: 17 · 2021: 47 · 2020: 129 · 2019: 49 · 2018: 30 · 2017: 15 · 2016: 7 · 2015: 2
FWCI
21.33
Type
book
Language
en
Open access
closed
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www.cambridge.org/core/terms (unspecified, 20 d)
Locations
Cambridge University Press eBooks (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Soil Science › Land Rights and Reforms
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Political Conflict and Governance
  • Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › General Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Natural Resources and Economic Development
Keywords
land redistribution, land reform, authoritarian regimes, dictatorship, democracy, developing countries, political economy of land

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