TY - BOOK AU - Lipton, Michael TI - Land reform in developing countries: property rights and property wrongs SN - 9780415615563 U1 - 333.3109172 PY - 2009/// CY - London PB - Routledge KW - Land reform - Developing countries KW - Right of property - Developing countries N2 - Michael Lipton has produced a unique work drawing upon the author's extraordinary expertise in rural development. Lipton takes on a great, complex, and contentious topic, land reform, and does justice to this huge topic. He delves deeply and widely, producing a text that is remarkable in its scope, insights, and historical knowledge. He never fears to point out the true complexities of topics that are all too often over-simplified. Lipton's work is also extremely timely, as the world turns its attention once again to smallholder agriculture after decades or relative neglect. Scholars, students, and policy makers in all parts of the world will turn to this new study with enormous benefit and with gratitude to Lipton for his remarkable efforts. (http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415615563/) ER -