A Comparative Study on Land Reform between Capitalist and Socialist

자본주의(資本主義)와 사회주의(社會主義) 농지개혁(農地改革) 비교연구(比較硏究)

Land Reform is a distributive measure which transfers power, property, income and status from one group in the community to another. There are two strategies in land reform, capitalist strategy and socialist strategy. The two strategies are different not only in their objectives and ideologies, but also in the method of land allotment and confiscatin. Capitalist land reform is aimed at accomplishing the land -to -the -tiller program of which the implementing process is always included rent reduction and sale of public lands. Socialist land reform is aimed at achieving abolition of property right of land and application of all rent revenue from land to public purpose. The process of the socialist land reform is comprising Bauernbefreiung and land collectivization. In conclusion, the former is resulted in high productivity of land and the later is identified low productivity of land.