'Land is not a mat that can be rolled up and taken away': A dialogue on Li's materiality of land as defining land as property for its assembly.

Autor: LAI, LAWRENCE W. C.
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Zdroj: Cosmos + Taxis; 2024, Vol. 12 Issue 7/8, p53-59, 7p
Abstrakt: This essay uses a dialogue as a way of articulating complicated ideas on Li's (2014) paper to relate the notion of materiality of land-to-land grabbing and other dimensions of "materiality" invested by various lines of research on land. The work of Li is used as it mentions the idea of "inscription" and the use "title deed" that are "material" in a physical sense that conveniently articulates with the argument that the cadastral boundary is the "form" of land as real property rather than an open access resource, a situation which does not exist in most real-world situations. The treatment of a land boundary in terms of property rights in neo-institutional economics is discussed. The significance of land boundary re-delineation in global development, as a subject for those who employ the concept of "materiality", is highlighted by itemizing specialisms in the professional division of labour in the land market. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Databáze: Complementary Index