Conflicts Over Land and Water in Africa
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A01=Espen Sjaastad
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Author_Espen Sjaastad
Author_Rie Odgaard
Category=JPVH
Cultures
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Identity maintenance
Land reform
Local histories
Motivations
Namibia
Resource conflicts
South Africa
State intervention
Tenurial changes
Zimbabwe
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- ISBN 9780852558881
- Weight: 380g
- Dimensions: 152 x 228mm
- Publication Date: 01 Sep 2007
- Publisher: James Currey
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Examines the context of the re-emergence of land reform and resource conflicts in Africa.
Efforts to change the race-based systems of land ownership and land tenure in Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe have pushed land issues to the forefront of social and economic discourses in Africa. This collection examines the broader context of the re-emergence of land reform and resource conflicts. The case studies examine the links between identity maintenance, tenurial changes, state intervention and forms and modes of conflict. The contributors emphasize the need for a deeper understanding of local histories, cultures and motivations if efforts to attain a more just distribution of resources are to succeed.
Contributors include: KOJO AMANOR on Ghana; QUENTIN GAUSSET on Cameroon; KJERSTI LARSEN on the Sudan; CAMILLA TOULMIN on West Africa; POUL WISBORG on a Namaqualand communal area; NANCY ANDREW on South Africa; STEN HAGBERG on Burkina Faso; BILL DERMAN & ANN HELLUM on Zimbabwe; FAUSTIN MAGANGA, RIE ODGAARD & ESPEN SJAASTAD on Tanzania; KAREN WITSENBURG & ADANO WARIO ROBA on Kenya.
North America: Michigan State U Press; South Africa: University of KwaZulu-Natal Press
Bill Derman is professor of Anthropology and African Studies at Michigan State University and professor II at the Center for International Environment & Development Studies (Noragric) at the Agricultural University of Norway; Rie Odgaard is senior researcher and anthropologist at the Danish Institute for International Studies in Copenhagen; Espen Sjaastad is an associate professor at the Centre for International Environment & Development Studies (Noragric), Agricultural University of Norway
