African Land Reform under Economic Liberalisation States, Chiefs, and Rural Communities
This open access book offers unique in-depth, comprehensive, and comparative analyses of the motivations, context, and outcomes of recent land reforms in Africa. Whereas a considerable number of land reforms have been carried out by African governments since the 1990s, no systematic analysis on thei...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Singapore :
Springer Singapore Pte. Limited
2021.
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009654223606719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro
- Preface
- Contents
- Editor and Contributors
- Abbreviations
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Introduction: Drastic Rural Changes in the Age of Land Reform
- 1 Investigating Rural Change Through the Lens of Land Reform
- 2 Customary Land Tenure in Africa
- 3 Pressure on, and Changes in, the African Land
- 4 Backgrounds to Land Reform
- 5 What the Land Tenure Reforms Have Produced
- 5.1 Commodification of Customary Land
- 5.2 Political Implications of Land Reform
- 6 Structure of This Book
- References
- Land Administration, Chiefs, and Governance in Ghana
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Discourses About Chiefs and Land Administration in Ghana
- 3 Modernisation and the Commodification of Land in the Nineteenth Century and Colonial Gold Coast
- 4 Land and Chiefs in the Early Independence Period
- 4.1 Reforming Chiefly Institutions in the Early Independence Period
- 4.2 The Rise of Commercial Farmers in the 1970s and Its Impact on Land Relations
- 5 Governance Reforms, Civil Society, Traditional Authorities, and Land Markets
- 5.1 Liberal Reforms, Civil Society, and Strengthening of Traditional Authorities
- 5.2 Forestry Governance and Collaborative Forest Management
- 5.3 Land Administration Reforms and Customary Land Secretariats
- 6 Conclusion
- References
- 'We Owned the Land Before the State Was Established': The State, Traditional Authorities, and Land Policy in Africa
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The Politics of Land in Africa
- 2.1 Chiefs, the State, and Customary Land in Africa
- 2.2 Riding on the Democratic Wave
- 3 Land Governance in Africa
- 3.1 Land and Statehood
- 4 Land in Zambia
- 4.1 Categories of Land
- 4.2 Land Governance in Zambia
- 4.3 Land Policy Reforms in Zambia
- 4.4 Traditional Leaders' Response to the Proposed Land Policy Reforms
- 4.5 The State's Response
- 5 Reforming Customary Land Administration
- 5.1 Traditional Leaders' Power Base
- 5.2 The State-traditional Leaders Relationship Over Land in Africa
- 6 Conclusion
- References
- Renewed Patronage and Strengthened Authority of Chiefs Under the Scarcity of Customary Land in Zambia
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Land Tenure System in Zambia
- 3 Social Organisation, Agriculture, and Land of the Bemba Chiefdom
- 4 The 1995 Lands Act and Customary Land in the Territory of Chief L
- 5 Local Land Governance Reforms Issued by the Chief
- 6 A New Trend: Villagers Acquiring Land Allocation Forms
- 7 Friction Between Local Residents and Recipients of Land Allocation Forms
- 7.1 Friction with Local Residents
- 7.2 Leasehold Changes Accompanying Changes in Title Holders
- 8 The chief's Revocation of Title Deeds and Reversion to Customary Land
- 9 Conclusion
- References
- Land Tenure Reform in Three Former Settler Colonies in Southern Africa
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Types of Land Tenure in Three Former Settler Colonies in Southern Africa
- 3 Land Tenure Reform Policy After Independence and Its Contestations
