Local politics and the dynamics of property in Africa / Christian Lund.

By:

Lund, Christian

Publication details: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.Description: xiii, 200 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN:

9780521886543 (hardback)
0521886546 (hardback)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

333.309667 22

LOC classification:

HD1022.Z63L86 2008

Online resources:

Contents:

Introduction -- "This situation is incongruous in the extreme" : the history of land policies in the upper regions of Ghana -- Who owns Bolgatanga? : the revival of the earthpriest and emerging tensions over property -- Seizing opportunities : chieftaincy, land, and local administration -- Settled facts or facts to settle : land conflicts under institutional uncertainty -- "Bawku is still volatile" : ethnopolitical conflict and state recognition -- The rent of nonenforcement : access to forests resources -- Small dams and fluid tenure -- Conclusion.

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
BOOK	Strathmore University (Main Library) Open Shelf	HD1022.Z63L86 2008	Available		10391