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Social Movements, Law and the Politics of Land Reform

Mészáros, George

2013

Overview

Social Movements, Law and the Politics of Land Reform investigates how rural social movements are struggling for land reform against the background of ambitious but unfulfilled constitutional promises evident in much of the developing world. Taking Brazil as an example, it unpicks the complex reasons behind the remarkably consistent failures of its constitution and law enforcement mechanisms to deliver social justice. Using detailed empirical evidence and focusing upon the relationship between rural social struggles and the state, the book develops a threefold argument: first, the inescapable presence of power relations in all aspects of the production and reproduction of law; secondly their dominant impact on socio-legal outcomes; and finally the essential and positive role played by social movements in redressing those power imbalances and realising law's progressive potentialities.

• Publisher: Routledge,Taylor and Francis,Taylor & Francis Group
• Subject: African & Third World Politics / Development - Soc Sci / Land reform / Land reform - Political aspects / Land reform -- Law and legislation / Land reform -- Social aspects / Latin America / Latin American & Hispanic Studies / Latin American Politics / Politics & Development / Property & Conveyancing Law / Social movements / Socio-Legal Studies - International Law & Politics / Theory & Political Sociology
• ISBN: 0415827205, 9780415477710, 9780415827201, 0415477719