Land Grabbing and the State: A Political Economy Perspective through Exploratory Case-Studies in MATOPIBA and Pará, Brazil

Emma Tyrou ()
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Emma Tyrou: CEPN - Centre d'Economie de l'Université Paris Nord - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - Université Sorbonne Paris Nord

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Abstract: The methodology, is based on a preliminary selection of three case-studies within Brazil, to confront my research hypotheses regarding the role of state one could expect to witness in a land grabbing episode (H1 to 4). The cases emerged as representatives based on literature review and fieldwork – remote during the pandemic, and during my stay in Brasilia, it includes some exploratory interviews. Case 1 in MATOPIBA allows to question how grilagem schemes may constitute land grabbing, and how these dynamics articulate with land reform through formalization. Case 2 provides for a comparison with instances of land grabbing that seem to rest essentially on private invasions in a context marked by a relative absence of the state. I looked closer at instances of invasion of indigenous territories in the legal Amazon, Pará state. Case 3 represents an emblematic case of large-scale land-based hydro-electric megaproject, in Belo Monte (Altamira, Pará state), with a direct role of the state through the eminent domain. The preliminary analysis provides an overview of different modalities under which land grabbing as a fusion of property and sovereignty may occur. Political drives and effects on political decision making invite to reflect on the articulation of land grabbing and land reform through private violence.

Keywords: Land grabbing; Land reform; formalization; Brazil (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022-07-15
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Published in GEMAP Seminar - visiting phd, UFRRJ, Jul 2022, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil

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