Both China and India have witnessed extensive land expropriation by the states from farmers for use in industrialization and urbanization projects. Land conflicts have ensued from these developments. This paper poses two questions: 1) Why do we see a similar escalation of land dispossession in...

In the last two decades, both the Australian and Canadian governments have introduced reforms to Indigenous land tenure. This article compares the most significant reform from each country: the First Nations Land Management Act in Canada and township leasing in Australia. The Canadian reforms...