Agrarian Reform: Lessons of the Past and the Present Situation
- 1 February 1994
- journal article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Problems of Economic Transition
- Vol. 36 (10) , 55-66
- https://doi.org/10.2753/pet1061-1991361055
Abstract
The debate surrounding agrarian reform, private ownership of land, and the freedom to buy and sell land continues in Russia. The polemic is so intense that many believe the essence and goals of the reform can be defined only by a national referendum. As a result, agrarian reform once more runs the risk of becoming a purely political action, as has already happened in our history. I am convinced that if the reform is not deeply substantiated and economically "reckoned," then no matter the outcome of a possible referendum, its consequences will be significantly lower than society's expectations, and essentially nothing will change in the nation.Keywords
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