Description:
- Interrogates the mixed outcomes of conferring ownership by examining postsocialist land and forest reforms in Albania, Romania and Vietnam.
- Describes how property reforms are no longer miracle tools available to governments for refashioning economies, politics or environments.
Brief description:
Phuc Xuan To is Research Fellow at Resources, Environment and Development Group of Crawford School of Public Policy, at the Australian National University.
Review Quotes:
"Despite the seemingly exotic selection of countries, the authors make a significant contribution to the assessment of privatization policy... The volume allows a better understanding of the overall problem and the causes of the failure and can therefore be considered as a valuable contribution to the forthcoming discussion... it is strongly recommended to be read by anyone interested in evaluating privatization policy." - Jahrbücher für Geschichte Osteuropas
"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