Development & Dispossession: The Crisis of Forced Displacement and Resettlement (School for Advanced Research Advanced Seminar)

More people were involuntarily displaced in the the twentieth century than ever before, not only by war and natural disasters. Capital-intensive, high-technology, large-scale projects compel the displacement and resettlement of an estimated 15 million people every year. This volume analyzes the failures of existing resettlement policies and proposes durable solutions.