Local politics and the dynamics of property in Africa

Lund, Christian

Local politics and the dynamics of property in Africa [Texte imprimé] / Christian Lund - New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008 - xiii, 200 p. : ill., cartes ; 24 cm

Index

Bibliogr. p. 183-196

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

9780521886543

Land tenure Right of property Local government

333.309667