ABSTRACT
There are two key concepts in this chapter, and these are oppositional concepts in theoretical and practical policy terms, namely, market-assisted land reform and minimum access/size ceiling. The concept of minimum access—the right to have rights for those who needed land but do not have land—paired with a cap to how much land can be owned or controlled by any person or entity. This is the heart and soul of expropriationary redistributive land reforms, especially those that were dominant during the first three quarters of the twentieth century. The concept of market-assisted land reform is a direct reaction and opposition to the expropriationary type of land reform. The former calls for a voluntary, willing seller-willing buyer land policy, and it has become a dominant land policy internationally since the 1980s.
