THE "LAND SOVEREIGNTY" ALTERNATIVE: TOWARDS
A PEOPLES' (COUNTER)- ENCLOSURE.
A PRELIMINARY DISCUSSION

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Jun Borras and Jennifer Franco

Saturnino (‘Jun’) M. Borras Jr. (PhD in Development Studies, ISS, The Hague, 2004) is Associate Professor of Rural Development Studies at the International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) in The Hague, Netherlands. He was previously, in 2007-2010, the Canada Research Chair in International Development Studies at Saint Mary’s University, Halifax, Nova Scotia. He is a member of the International Advisory Board of the Journal of Agrarian Change and the Editor of the Journal of Peasant Studies.

Jennifer Franco, PhD., is the Co-coordinator of the CREPE-TNI agrofuels project and an independent researcher based in Canada, where she also serves on the Asia Committee for International Development Programs at the development NGO Development and Peace (Developpement et Paix). Her previous work has focused mainly on rural social movements and democratisation in the Philippines. Her book publications include Elections and Democratisation in the Philippines (Routledge, 2001), with a new book on law and the rural poor in the Philippines forthcoming (Ateneo de Manila University Press, 2010). She has published in important academic journals including the World Development, Journal of Agrarian Change, Journal of Peasant Studies, Journal of Development Studies and Critical Asian Studies.