Competing Jurisdictions: Settling Land Claims In AfricaSandra Evers, Marja Spierenburg, Harry Wels BRILL, 2005 - 363 pages This book is about the politicking and strife over land between various stakeholders on the African continent, including Madagascar. It is about attempts to control land tenure 'from above' and about local manoeuvring 'from below'. The contributing authors analyse the intricate relations between the central government, the local government and grassroots level institutions. |
Contents
SETTLING LAND CLAIMS | 1 |
AUTHORITY AND LIVELIHOODS IN RURAL SOUTH AFRICA | 21 |
A FOCUS ON THE MORAVIAN | 55 |
MARKETBASED LAND | 79 |
WE FOUGHT THE WAR TO RETURN TO THE OLD WAYS CONFLICTS ABOUT | 103 |
CREATED AUTHORITY | 129 |
List of tables | 136 |
THE ROLE OF NARRATIVES IN LAND | 157 |
LAND AND THE POLITICS OF IDENTITY THE CASE OF ANYWAANUER | 203 |
THE CHALLENGES OF IMPLEMENTING A LAND | 223 |
THE STRUGGLE FOR LAND RIGHTS IN THE CONTEXT OF MULTIPLE | 243 |
TRADITIONAL ADDITIONAL AUTHORITIES IN UGANDA AND THE MANAGE | 265 |
PARTICIPATIVE APPROACHES AND DECENTRALIZED MANAGEMENT OF | 289 |
FOREST ACCESS THROUGH VILLAGE CHIEFS | 315 |
FIGHTING OVER CRUMBS? SMALL VALLEYS IN WEST AFRICA AS A | 333 |
List of contributors | 353 |
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