Politics and land reform: the case of Esperanza, the Dominican Republic

The case of Esperanza in the Dominican Republic illustrates graphically that land reform is used by governmental leaders as a political tool; although land reform is continuously promised in the Dominican Republic, it is rarely delivered. The state has realized autonomy from class factions by altern...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hunt, Kristine Katherine
Other Authors: Geography
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/41808
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-03302010-020121/