Abstract
Political reactions ‘from below’ to global land grabbing have been vastly more varied
and complex than is usually assumed. This essay introduces a collection of groundbreaking
studies that discuss responses that range from various types of organized
and everyday resistance to demands for incorporation or for better terms of
incorporation into land deals. Initiatives ‘from below’ in response to land deals have
involved local and transnational alliances and the use of legal and extra-legal
methods, and have brought victories and defeats. The relevance of political reactions
to land grabbing is discussed in light of theories of social movements and critical
agrarian studies. Future research on reactions ‘from below’ to land grabbing must
include greater attention to gender and generational differences in both impacts and
political agency.
Keywords: dispossession; land grabbing; large-scale land acquisitions; land tenure;
peasants; resistance; contentious politics; agrarian change
| Original language | Undefined/Unknown |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 467-488 |
| Number of pages | 21 |
| Journal | Journal of Peasant Studies |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue number | 3-4 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 12 May 2015 |