Property and Political Order in Africa: Land Rights and the Structure of Politics

by Catherine Boone

Book Overview

In sub-Saharan Africa, property relationships around land and access to natural resources vary across localities, districts and farming regions. These differences produce patterned variations in relationships between individuals, communities and the state. This book captures these patterns in an analysis of structure and variation in rural land tenure regimes. In most farming areas, state authority is deeply embedded in land regimes, drawing farmers,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107649935
• ISBN13: 9781107649934
• Release Date: February 2014
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 438 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 8.9"