| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 365 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Introduction: Land Titling as State Building -- Plot by Plot: Customary Authority and The Incremental Expansion of State Property Rights in Africa -- Why Institutions Matter: A Theory of Collective Costs and Customary Constraints in Land Titling -- The Institutional Foundations of Land Authority in Zambia and Senegal -- The Unofficial Differences Among Official Chiefs in Zambia: Vertical Accountability and Patterns of Land Titling -- Holding Ground in Senegal: Horizontal Accountability, Institutional Legacies, and the Continuation of Customary Property Rights -- Exit or Engagement: How Status within Institutions Impacts Smallholder Titling -- Conclusion: The Resilience of Customary Institutions and Property Rights, Beyond State Design |
| Summary |
"This book examines the struggle to control land in Africa through the lens of land titling in Zambia and Senegal. Contrary to standard wisdom portraying titling as an inevitable product of economic development, this book traces its distinctly political logic, showing that local actors empowered by informality act to preserve customary property rights - even when land values and demand are high. The book's analysis centers on customary institutions and their leaders, customary authorities or "chiefs," and how the strength of customary institutions and a citizen's position within them shape land tenure outcomes. Examining sub-national patterns within two very different countries, it reveals a common pattern in which variations in the ability of local institutions to retain power, not state capacity, determine state building outcomes. Based on extensive fieldwork, this book contributes new insight into our understandings of the political determinants of property rights and the persistence of institutional legacies"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 19, 2022) |
| Subject |
Land use -- Political aspects -- Zambia
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Land use -- Political aspects -- Senegal
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Land titles -- Zambia
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Land titles -- Senegal
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Local government -- Zambia
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Local government -- Senegal
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Land titles.
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Land use -- Political aspects.
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Local government.
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Senegal.
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Zambia.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2021056115 |
| ISBN |
9781009129183 |
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100912918X |
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9781009302838 |
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1009302833 |
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