Local politics and the dynamics of property in Africa [electronic resource] / Christian Lund.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lund, Christian
Language:English
Published: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
Subjects:
Land tenure > Ghana.
Right of property > Ghana.
Local government > Ghana.
Online Access:
EBSCO eBooks: 2008 (EBSCO)
eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost) – North America: 2008 (EBSCO)
Format: Electronic eBook
Contents:
  • 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.