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Conflicts, Politics & Change
Ward Anseeuw, Chris Alden
ISBN: 9780796923226
Format: Paperback
Publisher:HSRC Press
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Land issues and conflicts occur all over, all the time on the African continent and continue to mushroom on a continuous basis. This title presents a study which analyses the role of land as a place and source of conflict, especially with regard to policy development, crisis management and post-war/post-conflict reconstruction.
Analyses the role of land as a place and source of conflict, especially with regard to policy development, crisis management and post-war/post-conflict reconstruction. It provides insight into the nature of policy-making and delves into the underlying causes of land issues, not only at national level but also in terms of broader Africa. The book examines issues in Kenya, Rwanda, South Africa, northern Cameroon, Namibia, Mozambique, Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, Tanzania and Zimbabwe.
| ISBN | 0796923221 | | Pages | 280 | | ISBN13 | 9780796923226
(What's this?) | | Weight (grammes) | 522 | | Publisher | HSRC Press | | Published in | Cape Town | | Imprint | HSRC Press | | Height (mm) | 240 | | Format | Paperback | | Width (mm) | 168 | | Publication date | 15 Mar 2010 | | Spine width (mm) | 18 | | DEWEY | 333.0096 | | Academic level | Tertiary education, Professional / Scholarly | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | |
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| | | Tables and figures | | | | | | Acronyms and abbreviations | | | | | | Acknowledgements | | | | | | Foreword | | | | | | Introduction: The struggle over land in Africa: Conflicts, politics and change by Chris Alden | | 1 | | Theme 1 | | Ethnic and indigenous land conflicts | | | | 1 | | áIndigenous' land claims in Kenya: A case study of Chebyuk, Mount Elgon District by Claire Medard | | 19 | | 2 | | Shades of grey: Post-conflict land policy reform in the Great Lakes Region by Chris Huggins | | 37 | | Theme 2 | | Between átraditionalism and modernity': Insecurity, privatisation and marginalisation | | | | 3 | | The politics of communal tenure reform: A South African case study by Ben Cousins | | 55 | | 4 | | Karal land: Family cultural patrimony or a commercialised product on the Diamare Plain? by Bernard Gonne | | 71 | | 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 by Renaud Lapeyre | | 85 | | 6 | | Land rights and enclosures: Implementing the Mozambican Land Law in practice by Christopher Tanner | | 105 | | 7 | | Biodiversity conservation against small-scale farming? Scientific evidences and emergence of new types of land crises by Catherine E Laurent | | 131 | | Theme 4 | | State building, politics and land | | | | 8 | | The role of land as a site and source of conflict in Angola by Jenny Clover | | 147 | | 9 | | Two cycles of land policy in South Africa: Tracing the contours by Ruth Hall | | 175 | | 10 | | A legal analysis of the Namibian commercial agricultural land reform process by Willem Adriaan Odendaal | | 193 | | Theme 5 | | Land policy development, planning and (non-) inclusiveness | | | | | More... | | |
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