Description: "Bringing together original research on urban, rural and peri-urban India, rapidly urbanizing China and Southeast Asia, resource expropriation in Africa and Latin America, and the neoliberal urban landscapes of North America and Europe, this book interrogates global patterns of property formation, the dispossessions property markets enact, and the popular movements to halt the growing waves of evictions and land grabs they face"
Review Quotes:
The eye-opening table of contents of this important essay collection provides a vivid preview of corruption and transactional dealings among wealthy, powerful, and influential groups in their role as manipulators, through fictitious deals and persuasive campaigns, who encourage advantageous change as applied to land and properties mainly owned by themselves. The bibliography provides a rich multidisciplinary collection of recommendations allowing readers to pursue further insights.
-- "Choice"