Land Reform in Scotland:from Private to Community

摘要

Scotland's history has been, to a large degree, a history of landed power. The Scottish land issue becomes a perennial favourite in folk and in academic field. This paper uses historical analysis to understand the context and content of Scottish land reform. It finds that the land ownership is shifting from private to community body and the process is long but friendly. Furthermore, the land ownership change is a reflection of social development conception change from economic pursuit to sustainable democratic management.