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Land grabbing and rural governance in the former Soviet Union

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Land grabbing and rural governance in the former Soviet Union

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Land grabbing and rural governance in the former Soviet Union book

ByOane Visser, Max Spoor
BookThe Routledge Companion to Rural Planning

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Edition 1st Edition
First Published 2019
Imprint Routledge
Pages 10
eBook ISBN 9781315102375

ABSTRACT

This chapter addresses land grabbing and rural governance, focusing on the vast agricultural areas of the former Soviet Union, in particular on Russia. Most studies in this field have explored developing countries, in particular in Sub-Saharan Africa; however, Russia also provides an important and fascinating case, because rural governance that had been strong under socialist planning weakened severely during the first decade of transition. The crumbling of many of the collective and state farms made it possible that large-scale land acquisitions took place, concentrating the land of these large farms in even larger agricultural holdings. Conflicts arose as much land was transferred to capital groups in ‘shady deals’ and illegal evictions took place, enabled through poorly developed civil society organisations, while the role of the State, which has been supportive of large-scale agriculture and animal husbandry, has been strengthened since Putin came to power.

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