This collection of essays in Governing Global Land
Deals provides new empirical and theoretical analyses of
the relationships between global land grabs and processes of
government and governance.
* Reframes debates on global land grabs by focusing on the
relationship between large-scale land deals and processes of
governance
* Offers new theoretical insights into the different forms and
effects of global land acquisitions
* Illuminates both the micro-processes of transaction and
expropriation, as well as the broader structural forces at play in
global land deals
* Provides new empirical data on the different actors
involved in contemporary land deals occurring across the globe and
focuses on the specific institutional, political, and economic
contexts in which they are acting