land reform
noun
: measures designed to effect a more equitable distribution of agricultural land especially by governmental action
also
: the resulting redistribution
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His tenure in Congress was most noted by his opposition to the president, fellow Tennessean Andrew Jackson, on land reform issues and the Indian Removal bill.
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arkansasonline.com, 27 Apr. 2024
When the series pays lip service to the consequences of land reform in Zimbabwe and South Africa, those are real issues that have had real global consequences that The Regime is completely unable to grapple with in a justifiably real way.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Feb. 2024
Why tackle such a large subject as land reform in what appears to be a children’s film?
—Patrick Frater, Variety, 17 Feb. 2024
In 1967, an article about land reform in Latin America by the law professor Roy Prosterman caught the attention of the U.S. military, which was struggling to support South Vietnam’s faltering government and to keep poor Vietnamese farmers from abandoning their fields to join the Vietcong.
—Chris Jochnick, Foreign Affairs, 7 Feb. 2017
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arkansasonline.com, 27 Apr. 2024
When the series pays lip service to the consequences of land reform in Zimbabwe and South Africa, those are real issues that have had real global consequences that The Regime is completely unable to grapple with in a justifiably real way.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Feb. 2024
Why tackle such a large subject as land reform in what appears to be a children’s film?
—Patrick Frater, Variety, 17 Feb. 2024
In 1967, an article about land reform in Latin America by the law professor Roy Prosterman caught the attention of the U.S. military, which was struggling to support South Vietnam’s faltering government and to keep poor Vietnamese farmers from abandoning their fields to join the Vietcong.
—Chris Jochnick, Foreign Affairs, 7 Feb. 2017
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“Land reform.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/land%20reform. Accessed 2 Jul. 2024.
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