When Things Become Property

Exploring the implications of property ownership, this book examines how various governments have transformed natural elements into commodities through ownership titles. Focusing on postsocialist land and forest reforms in Albania, Romania, and Vietnam, it reveals the complex and often problematic outcomes of these reforms. The analysis suggests that property rights are not the panacea for economic, political, or environmental issues that governments once believed them to be, challenging the notion of property as a universal solution.