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Hilde Bjørkhaug is an associate professor in the Department of Sociology and Political Science at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology and senior advisor at Ruralis, Institute for Rural ad Regional Research. Philip McMichael is a professor in the Department of Development Sociology at Cornell University. Bruce Muirhead is a professor in the Department of History and Associate Vice President of Research Oversight and Analysis at the University of Waterloo.

• 1. Introduction to Cultures, Values, Ethics and Arguments on Agricultural LandHilde Bjørkhaug, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Philip McMichael, Cornell University, and Bruce Muirhead, University of Waterloo2. The 21st century land question, and its politicsPhilip McMichael, Cornell University3. Last In, First Out?: The Uncertain Future of Agricultural Trade LiberalisationHugh Campbell, University of Otago, and David Reynolds, University of Otago4. Food Security and the Multifunctionality of Agriculture: Paradoxes in European Land QuestionsKatrina Rønningen, Ruralis, Norway5. 'Indirect' Land Grabbing, Private Certification and Global GAPJacob Muirhead, McMaster University6. Dirty Hands, Clean Conscience? Large-Scale Land Acquisitions and the Ethical Investment Strategy of the Government Pension Fund – Global Siri Granum Carson, Norwegian University of Science and Technology7. Responsibility to the Rescue? Governing Private Financial Investment in Global AgricultureJennifer Clapp, University of Waterloo8. State-led and Finance-backed Farming Endeavours: Changing Contours of Investment in Australian AgricultureGeoffrey Lawrence, University of Queensland, Sarah Ruth Sippel, University of Leipzig, and Nicolette Larder, University of New England9. ‘Plus Ça Change …’: Saskatchewan Farmland Restructuring and Its Effects on Farm FamiliesJostein Tapper Brobakk, Ruralis, Norway and Bruce Muirhead, University of Waterloo10. ‘Jordvern’ as a Situation of Action - The Material and Non-material Forces Shaping the Protection of Farmland in NorwayHilde Bjørkhaug, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Katrina Rønningen, Ruralis, Norway, and Heidi Vinge, Ruralis, Norway11. From Agri-culture to Agri-nature: New Alliances for Farmland Preservation in NorwayHeidi Vinge, Ruralis, Norway and Siri Øyslebø Sørensen, Ruralis, Norway12. Intergenerational Justice and Obligations towards Future Generations: Towards Environmental Rights in Land Use PolicyAllen Alvarez, Norwegian University of Science and Technology and May Thorseth, Norwegian University of Science and Technology13. Land and the Value Calculus: Towards a Reculturalization of FarmlandPhilip McMichael, Cornell University, Hilde Bjørkhaug, Norwegian University of Science and Technology and Bruce Muirhead, University of Waterloo