BRAZILIAN LAND TENURE CONFLICTS: A SPATIAL ANALYSIS

This paper analyses land occupation involving landless peasants in Brazil for the period 2000–2008. It is the first study to be undertaken at the national level, with a contemporary data span, using spatial analysis. Land occupation in Brazil is a state-based phenomenon and mainly a political issue. Our results show that land occupation grows with left-wing political violence and left-wing government's support through public agencies. The view that land invasion is caused by poverty does not apply to the Brazilian case. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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