Local Politics and the Dynamics of Property in Africa

by Christian Lund

Book Overview

Access to land and property is vital to people's livelihoods in rural, peri-urban, and urban areas in Africa. People exert tremendous energy and imagination to have land claims recognized as rights with a variety of political, administrative, and legal institutions. This book is dedicated to a detailed analysis of how public authority and the state are formed through debates and struggles over property in the Upper East Region of Ghana. While scarcity...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521148510
• ISBN13: 9780521148511
• Release Date: March 2010
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"