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Land, Law and Politics in Africa : Mediating Conflict and Reshaping the State

1st ed.

Leiden : BRILL, 2011 [©2011.]

1 online resource (396 pages)

Englisch

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978-90-04-21806-2

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LOC-SH: Land tenure -- Africa ; Land use, Rural -- Government policy -- Africa ; Law -- Africa ; Customary law -- Africa ; Economic development -- Africa ; Conflict management -- Africa

Conflict management ; Africa ; Customary law ; Africa ; Economic development ; Africa ; Land tenure ; Africa ; Land use, Rural ; Government policy ; Africa ; Law ; Africa ; Electronic books

This book offers a series of new studies on the dynamics of political and legal culture as well as of conflict management in contemporary Africa, taking inspiration from and honoring the scholarly contributions and impact of Prof. Gerti Hesseling (1946-2009) in African Studies.

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Land, Law and Politics in Africa -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Figures, tables and boxes -- Introduction: Land, law and conflict mediation in Africa Jan Abbink -- Partenariat et interdisciplinarité:La voie alternative de Gerti Hesseling et du LASDEL Jean-Pierre Olivier de Sardan & Mahaman Tidjani Alou -- HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL ASPECTS /ASPECTS HISTORIQUES ET CULTURELLES -- Cultural models of power in Africa Walter van Beek -- Human rights in the traditional legal system of the Nkoyapeople of Zambia Wim M.J. van Binsbergen -- 'Sons of the soil':Autochthony and its ambiguities in Africa and Europe Peter Geschiere -- How can Africa develop?Reflections on theories, concepts and realities Patrick Chabal -- LAND ISSUES AND ECONOMICS /PROBLEMES FONCIERS ET L'ECONOMIE -- L'économie sociale et solidaire pour stimuler le développementascendant et endogène Abdou Salam Fall -- Land conflicts in Senegal revisited:Continuities and emerging dynamics Mayke Kaag, Yaram Gaye & Marieke Kruis -- 'More punitive penalties should be given to urban farmers':Laws and politics surrounding urban agriculture in Eldoret, Kenya Romborah R. Simiyu & Dick Foeken -- Settling border conflicts in Africa peacefully: Lessons learnedfrom the Bakassi dispute between Cameroon and Nigeria Piet Konings -- POLITICS AND CONSTITUTIONAL LAW /POLITIQUE ET DROIT CONSTITUTIONNEL -- Democracy deferred: Understanding elections and the roleof donors in Ethiopia Jan Abbink -- La production d'un nouveau constitutionnalisme en Afrique :Internationalisation et régionalisation du droit constitutionnel Babacar Kanté -- Le juge constitutionnel et la construction de l'Etat de droitau Sénégal Fatima Diallo -- Sur les traces du droit vivant dans le labyrinthe du droit foncieret des pratiques locales au Mali Moussa Djiré -- THE CHALLENGES OF LAW AND CONFLICT / LES DÉFIS DE DROIT FACE AU CONFLITS.