The struggle over land in Africa conflicts, politics & change

Introduction: The struggle over land in Africa: Conflicts, politics and change / Ward Anseeuw and Chris Alden Theme 1: Ethnic and indigenous land conflicts 1 Indigenous' land claims in Kenya: A case study of Chebyuk, Mount Elgon District / Claire Medard 2 Shades of grey: Post-conflict land poli...

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Weitere Verfasser: Anseeuw, Ward (HerausgeberIn), Alden, Chris (BerichterstatterIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Cape Town, South Africa HSRC Press 2010
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Zusammenfassung:Introduction: The struggle over land in Africa: Conflicts, politics and change / Ward Anseeuw and Chris Alden Theme 1: Ethnic and indigenous land conflicts 1 Indigenous' land claims in Kenya: A case study of Chebyuk, Mount Elgon District / Claire Medard 2 Shades of grey: Post-conflict land policy reform in the Great Lakes Region / Chris Huggins Theme 2: Between 'traditionalism and modernity': Insecurity, privatisation and marginalisation 3 The politics of communal tenure reform: A South African case study / Ben Cousins 4 Karal land: Family cultural patrimony or a commercialised product on the Diamare Plain? / Bernard Gonne Theme 3: Renewed land interests, land use, and conflicts 5 The conflicting distribution of tourism revenue as an example of insecure land tenure in Namibian communal lands / Renaud Lapeyre 6 Land rights and enclosures: Implementing the Mozambican Land Law in practice / Christopher Tanner 7 Biodiversity conservation against small-scale farming? Scientific evidences and emergence of
Highlighting the urgent problem of land disputes in Africa, this collection of essays also draws attention to the complex root causes of these conflicts and the challenges they present for the governance of both states and markets. Written by authors from academic, diplomatic, and political backgrounds, the book is an essential reference on the debate about land issues in Africa. The study provides a continental perspective in chapters that describe internal crises in Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, northern Cameroon, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe.
Beschreibung:Index S. 281 - 289
Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:XII, 289 S.
grpah. Darst., Tab., Kt.
24 cm
ISBN:0796923221
0-7969-2322-1
9780796923226
978-0-7969-2322-6