Land Tenure in the US: Power, Gender, and Consequences for Conservation Decision Making
Document Type
Article
Journal/Book Title
Agriculture and Human Values
Publication Date
2011
Volume
28
First Page
549
Last Page
560
Recommended Citation
Peggy Petrzelka and Sandra Marquart-Pyatt. 2011. “Land Tenure in the US: Power, Gender, and Consequences for Conservation Decision Making.”Agriculture and Human Values. Vol. 28:549-560.
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Comments
Land tenure relations have both social and environmental implications, ranging from potential power issues to land stewardship. Drawing upon survey data of landowners collected in the Great Lakes Basin of the U.S., this study builds upon existing research by examining absentee landlords of agricultural land—a vastly understudied but growing category of landowners. By furthering analysis on gender dynamics in the landlord-tenant relationship, the study findings augment Gilbert and Beckley’s (Rural Sociology, 1993) suggestion that subordinate landlord-dominant tenant relationships may be a pattern and contribute to understanding the nuances that co-ownership potentially plays in these relationships.