Rurhe 05 Contexts of Property: The Social Embeddedness of Property Rights to Land in Europe in Historical Perspective

Congost

ISBN 10: 2503532276 / ISBN 13: 9782503532271

Published by Brepols Publishers, 2009

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2009. 1st Edition. paperback. . . . . .

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Rurhe 05 Contexts of Property: The Social Embeddedness of Property Rights to Land in Europe in Historical Perspective
• Publisher: Brepols Publishers
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 2503532276
• ISBN 13: 9782503532271
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

The essays in this book tap the analytical potential of social contexts in which property rights are embedded - social relations, power and agency, political institutions, culture - to understand how landed resources are appropriated in actual historical societies. This exploratory approach seeks both to take advantage of the existing theory of property rights, as it is applied by the institutionalist outlook on economic history, and to go beyond it by explicitly incorporating social processes and factors in the analysis of property institutions. With this common aim in mind, the book covers a wide variety of historical cases throughout space and time, from the late Middle Ages in Tuscany to the very recent past of the de-collectivisation of the countryside in former socialist countries, which we hope will contribute rich and grounded insights to the discussion of the topic and of its implications.

About the Author

Rui Santos is senior researcher at CESNOVA and teaches at Faculdade de Ciencias Sociais e Humanas in Universidade Nova de Lisboa. His research interests cover historical and economic sociology and rural studies. Rosa Congost is senior researcher at the Centre de Recerca d'Historia Rural and teaches at Facultat de Lletres in Universitat de Girona. Her research interests cover the history of landed property and agrarian social relations.