Socioeconomic Change and Land Use in Africa

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The Transformation of Property Rights in Maasailand

ISBN: 1403980055
ISBN 13: 9781403980052
Autor: Mwangi, E
Verlag: Springer Verlag GmbH
Umfang: xvi, 219 S.
Erscheinungsdatum: 25.09.2007
Auflage: 1/2007
Produktform: Gebunden/Hardback
Einband: Gebunden

Authorative scholarship: To quote the reviewer: ‚It is likely that this book will become a major reference/source book for the subject matter of institutions, property right, policy interventions and socio-economic change in pastoral/agricultural communities in Africa and elsewhere. It will be recognized immediately as a long time investment in knowledge generation‘ New Angle on much-studied topic: There is a great deal of scholarship on the Maasai, but the majority tends to have a historical focus and ignore current sociopolitical realties and the negotiations which take place between the tribe, government, and those implementing and enforcing land-use policies. Mwangi engages and makes sense of this complex battle, drawing conclusions which will be widely relevant for agricultural communities within and outside AfricaPrize-winning work: The Harold Laswell award is high profile and well-known. Because of the prize, people already know about Mwangi’s research and are looking forward to reading her book

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Beschreibung

This study investigates how and why a group ranch members in Kajiado District, Kenya, supported the subdivision of their collective landholdings into individual, titled units, and what outcomes resulted in this transition to individual rights. Viewed over a longer time scale, the author finds that politics is at the core of institutional change.

Autorenporträt

ESTHER MWANGI is a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the International Food Policy Research Institute in Washington, D.C.

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