Property Without Rights - Origins and Consequences of the Property Rights Gap

A new understanding of the causes and consequences of incomplete property rights in countries across the world.

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. Conceptualizing and Measuring the Property Rights Gap; 3. The Political Origins of the Property Rights Gap; 4. Evidence on the Rise and Fall of Property Rights Gaps in Latin America; 5. Consequences of the Property Rights Gap; 6. Opening and Closing a Property Rights Gap in Peru; 7. The Long-Term Consequences of Peru's Property Rights Gap; 8. Property Rights Gaps Around the World; 9. Conclusion.

About the author

Michael Albertus is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago. He is the author of the award-winning book Autocracy and Redistribution (Cambridge, 2015) and Authoritarianism and the Elite Origins of Democracy (Cambridge, 2018). Albertus also writes regularly for popular outlets such as New York Times, Washington Post, and Foreign Policy.

Summary

Incomplete rural property rights are endemic throughout most of the developing world. This book explores the political origins of this lack of rights and how it negatively impacts rural autonomy and development outcomes such as economic growth, inequality, urbanization, education, and the links between political parties and voters.

Product details

• Authors: Michael Albertus, Michael (University of Chicago) Albertus, Albertus Michael
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2021
• EAN: 9781108835237
• ISBN: 978-1-108-83523-7
• No. of pages: 416
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Comparati; Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology; Ethnic Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative Politics, LAW / Property, LAW / Comparative, Comparative Politics, comparative law, Property law: general, property law, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General