Land Tenure, Gender and Globalization: Research and Analysis from Africa, Asia, and Latin America

For instance, in the Amazon, the focus is on the social movements that have emerged in the context of struggles over land rights concerning the extraction of Brazil nuts and babatu kernels in an increasingly globalised market. In Viet Nam, the process of ‘de-collectivising’ rights to land is examined with a view to understanding ho* gender and other social differences are reworked in a market economy.

The book addresses a gap in the literature on land tenure and gender in developing countries. It raises new questions about the process of globalisation, particularly about who the actors are (local people, the state, NGOs, multinational companies) and the shifting relations amongst them. The book also challenges the very concepts of gender, land and globalisation.