The Politics of Land Reform in Africa

From Communal Tenure to Free Markets

Doctor Ambreena Manji (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

160 Seiten

2006
Zed Books Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-84277-495-3 (ISBN)

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Develops a sociology of contemporary land reform in Africa. This book explains the emergence of 'law and development' in which transforming land tenure law occupies centre stage. It is of interest to scholars and students of law and development, African studies and rural sociology.

Across Africa land is being commodified: private ownership is replacing communal and customary tenure; Farms are turned into collateral for rural credit markets.

Law reform is at the heart of this revolution. The Politics of Land Reform in Africa casts a critical spotlight on this profound change in African land economy. The book illuminates the key role of legislators, legal consultants and academics in tenure reform. These players exert their influence by translating the economic and regulatory interests of the World Bank, civil society groups and commercial lenders in to questions of law. Drawing on political economy and actor-network theory The Politics of Land Reform in Africa is an indispensable contribution to the study of agrarian change in developing countries.

Ambreena Manji is a Reader in the Department of Law, University of Keele. She is also a Fellow of the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London. She has written extensively on land reform, gender and development, and the role of international financial institutions.

Part I: Introduction

The Politics of Land Reform in Africa
Altering Land Relations
The Revival of 'Law and Development'
Structure and Agency in 'Law and Development'
Collateral Damage
Conclusion

Part II: Contemporary Land Reform in Africa

Defining Land Reform
Afrian Land Questions
Chronologies of Land Reform
Conclusion

Part III: Paying for Law: The World Bank and Bilateral Donors

Promoting the Rule of Law
The Role of the World Bank in the Privatisation of Land
The Role of Bilateral Donors
Linking the Global and the Local
The Global Land Reform Network
Conclusion

Part IV: Making Law: Inside the 'Law Laboratory'

The Role of Lawyers
The 'Law Laboratory' in the Network of Land Reform
The Politics of Legal Methodology
Conclusion

Part V: Contesting Law?: 'Gender Progressive' Groups and Rural Movements

Case Studies: Gender Progressive Groups in East Africa
Ideologies and Tactics of Rural Movements
Conclusion

Part VI: The Future of Land Relations

Problems of Implementation
Worsening Gender Relations
The Role of Commercial Lenders and the Judiciary

Conclusion
Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	30.8.2006
Sprache	englisch
Maße	135 x 216 mm
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
	Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Rechnungswesen / Bilanzen
ISBN-10	1-84277-495-6 / 1842774956
ISBN-13	978-1-84277-495-3 / 9781842774953
Zustand	Neuware