Making Land Rights Accessible: Social Movements and Political-Legal Innovation in the Rural Philippines
Summary. Social movements in the rural Philippines overcame obstacles to land reform by combining political and legal strategies with support networks for rights advocacy. The paper shows that agrarian reform laws can be effectively implemented when rural poor claimants access mobilization support structures and pursue integrated strategies that activate state actors and resist elite opposition. However, these strategies have inherent limits.
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Franco, J. C.. (2008). Making Land Rights Accessible: Social Movements and Political-Legal Innovation in the Rural Philippines. The Journal of Development Studies. https://doi.org/10.1080/00220380802150763
Franco, Jennifer C.. “Making Land Rights Accessible: Social Movements and Political-Legal Innovation in the Rural Philippines.” The Journal of Development Studies, 2008. https://doi.org/10.1080/00220380802150763.
Franco, Jennifer C.. 2008. “Making Land Rights Accessible: Social Movements and Political-Legal Innovation in the Rural Philippines.” The Journal of Development Studies. https://doi.org/10.1080/00220380802150763.
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- 10.1080/00220380802150763
- Countries
- Philippines
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- Asia
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- policy, innovation-networks, regional-innovation-systems
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- 2026-04-28