Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-218) and index.
Settlement, government policy, and property rights in the Brazilian Amazon : introduction and implications for frontiers elsewhere in the world -- A history of land policy in Brazil : the assignment of property rights to land and land reform -- Current land policies : the politics and economics of property rights distribution, enforcement, and land reform -- A framework for analyzing settlement, property rights, and violence on the Brazilian Amazon frontier -- Settlement by smallholders and property rights on the Amazon frontier -- The determinants and impact of property rights : evidence from household surveys -- The determinants and impact of property rights : census data from two frontiers in the states of Paraná and Pará -- The determinants and impact of violent conflict over land on the Amazon frontier -- Equity and efficiency : the political provision of property rights and their distribution on the frontier
Settlement, government policy, and property rights in the Brazilian Amazon : introduction and implications for frontiers elsewhere in the world -- History of land policy in Brazil : the assignment of property rights to land and land reform -- Current land policies : the politics and economics of property rights distribution, enforcement, and land reform -- A framework for analyzing settlement, property rights, and violence on the Brazilian Amazon frontier -- Settlement by smallholders and property rights on the Amazon frontier -- The determinants and impact of property rights : evidence from household surveys -- The determinants and impact of property rights : census data from two frontiers in the states of Paraná and Pará -- The determinants and impact of violent conflict over land on the Amazon frontier -- Equity and efficiency : the political provision of property rights and their distribution on the frontier