Local politics and the dynamics of property in Africa / Christian Lund.
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TextPublication details: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.Description: xiii, 200 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN: - 9780521886543 (hardback)
- 0521886546 (hardback)
- 333.309667 22
Includes bibliographical references (p.183-196) and index.
Introduction -- "This situation is incongruous in the extreme" : the history of land policies in the upper regions of Ghana -- Who owns Bol gatanga? : the revival of the earthpriest and emerging tensions over pr operty -- Seizing opportunities : chieftaincy, land, and local administ ration -- Settled facts or facts to settle : land conflicts under insti tutional uncertainty -- "Bawku is still volatile" : ethnopolitical conf lict and state recognition -- The rent of nonenforcement : access to fo rests resources -- Small dams and fluid tenure -- Conclusion.
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