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Agrarian Reform Law
Legislation passed in 1952 that limited land ownership to 200 feddans per person and redistributed excess land to landless peasants. It broke the power of the old landowning class and was central to Nasser's social reforms.
Fazendeiro
Large plantation owners in Brazil who dominated the coffee economy and rural politics; their political influence ensured that agrarian reforms under Vargas left land ownership structures largely unchanged.
Nationalization
The process by which a government takes ownership of privately owned businesses, industries, or property. In post-1975 Vietnam, the Communist government nationalized private enterprises as part of its transition to a socialist economy.