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Author Griffiths, Anne M. O., author

Title Transformations on the ground : space and the power of land in Botswana / Anne M.O. Griffiths
Published Bloomington, Indiana, USA : Indiana University Press, [2019]

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 192 pages)
Series Framing the global book series
Framing the global book series.
Contents Part 1. Historical dimensions of land in Botswana: contemporary entanglements -- The international landscape and its influence on land in Botswana -- Reframing the governance of land: global, national, and local intersections -- Institutional frameworks and governance: Kweneng Land Board and the administration of land -- Part 2. The bottom-up impact of land on diverging family lifeworlds and gender relations -- Families, networks, and status: grounded perspectives on access to and control over land -- Transformations on the ground: the changing position of women in relation to land -- Part 3. Law and space: negotiating legal plurality in Botswana -- Negotiating conflict: the handling of disputes in the land tribunal -- Constructing legality in the High Court and the Court of Appeal -- Final reflections: the myth of a single global vision
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 16, 2019)
Subject Land use -- Government policy -- Botswana
Land tenure -- Law and legislation -- Botswana
Globalization -- Economic aspects -- Botswana
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
Globalization -- Economic aspects
Land tenure -- Law and legislation
Land use -- Government policy
Botswana
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2019017133
ISBN 9780253043580
0253043581