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

Author
Lund, Christian
Published
New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
Physical Description
xiii, 200 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

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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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ISBN
9780521886543 (hardback)
0521886546 (hardback)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-196) and index.
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