Scotland: Land and Power - The Agenda for Land Reform

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What is land reform? Will the Scottish parliament make a difference? This work argues that nothing less than a radical, comprehensive programme of land reform can make the difference that is needed. It clarifies the complexities of land ownership in Scotland, and explodes the myth that land issues are relevant only to the far flung fringes of rural Scotland. The book also questions mainstream political commitment to land reform, while the author offers his own programme for change with a vision of how Scotland can move from outmoded, unjust power structures towards a more equitable landowning democracy.

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Title	Scotland: Land and Power - The Agenda for Land Reform
Author	Andy Whightman
Binding	Paperback
ISBN-13	9780946487707
No. of Pages	128
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Table of Contents	First a bit of history: the patronage of the monarch; revolution; the 20th century. Scotland - a feudal land at the onset of a new millennium: the end of feudalism; the pattern of landownership; landed hegemony; property law; politics; wealth; inheritance; tax; the unregulated market; conclusions. So what is land reform?: what is land?; the economic discourse; the political discourse; the environmental discourse; theology; land reform in Scotland today. The politics of land reform: the landed interest; a radical agenda; the Highlandification of land reform. A critique of existing proposals: the abolition of feudalism; the fashionable idea of community; community ownership; community involvement; room for hope. A land reform programme: tenure; land values; information; holding size; tenant right-to-buy; residency; succession law reform; offshore trusts & companies and private trusts; the land market; the urban agenda; a wider land reform agenda; so will this happen?. Ah but!. Conclusions: new opportunities?; political realities.
BISAC Subject	LAW / Land Use
BIC Subject	Land rights

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