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Gender, Ethnicity, And Landed Property In Albania

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  • Lastarria-Cornhiel, Susana
  • Wheeler, Rachel

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Methods used to privatize state property attest to Albania's commitment to a democratic and egalitarian society: farmland was distributed to the households working on the ex-collectives and state farms, and housing was sold at a nominal price to the families occupying it. There are social issues, however, that influence not only the potential role of property ownership in the development of a democratic society, but also the true workability of some persons' political and economic opportunities. This paper examines two of these social issues: gender and ethnicity. Assuming that property ownership is a necessary condition for establishing a democratic market economy, the potential denial to exercise those rights for a significant proportion of the population on the basis of gender or ethnicity could undermine Albania's attempts to establish a democratic society and dynamic market economy based on equal opportunity.

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  • Lastarria-Cornhiel, Susana & Wheeler, Rachel, 1998. "Gender, Ethnicity, And Landed Property In Albania," Working Papers 12791, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Land Tenure Center.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:uwltwp:12791
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.12791
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    1. Sikor, Thomas & Müller, Daniel & Stahl, Johannes, 2009. "Land Fragmentation and Cropland Abandonment in Albania: Implications for the Roles of State and Community in Post-Socialist Land Consolidation," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 37(8), pages 1411-1423, August.
    2. Triantis, Loukas, 2020. "Public land privatisation and commodification as a field of changing social relations: The making of the Albanian Riviera," Land Use Policy, Elsevier, vol. 99(C).
    3. Wheeler, Rachel, 2000. "Legal Transfer And The Legitimation Of Law: Implications Of Farm Family Property Provisions In Albanian Legislation," Working Papers 12776, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Land Tenure Center.

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