Introduction -- Ch: 1 Reflection and Reconstruction of China’s Rural Land Shareholding System Reform based on several cases in Northwestern China -- Ch: 2 Rural Land Transfer in China: Reform and Legal Issues -- Ch: 3 Research, extension services and training as key drivers to agroforestry...

We develop and test a model of impact of geographical, technological and political factors on the potential of collective actions in the Russian regions. We argue that geographical factors (low population concentration across the area, cold climate) increase the costs for participating in...