Note: "This book is the result of a long standing collaboration among: Department of Anthropology, the African Studies Center and the Center for Gender in a Global Context at Michigan State University, the Institute of Women's Law at the University of Oslo, VU University Amsterdam, the Center for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies at the University of the Western Cape, Bunda College of the University of Malawi, the Peace Research Institute of Oslo, and the Department of International Environment and Development Studies at the Norwegian University of the Life Sciences." -- Acknowledgements , Includes bibliographical references and index , Ethnographic and historical perspectives on rights claiming on the African continent , Ethnographic and historical perspectives on rights claiming on the African continent , Land rights, human rights and development : contestations in land restitution : Limpopo Province, South Africa , "Property" and "rights" in a South African land claim case , 'We agreed to move, but we did not do so freely' : resettlement from the Limpopo National Park, Mozambique , Introduction to human rights in a gendered, relational and plural legal landscape , Between common community interest and gender difference : women in South Africa's land restitution process , Multiple threats, manifold strategies : women, the state and secure tenure at the interface of human rights and local practices in Dar es Salaam , Coercive harmony? : realizing women's rights through alternative dispute resolution in Dar es Salaam's legal aid clinics , Translating women's rights in Niger : what happened to the "radical challenge to patriarchy?" , Introduction to the multiple tracks of human rights and humanitarianism , Rights-based humanitarianism as emancipation or stratification? : rumors and procedures of verification in urban refugee management in Kampala, Uganda , Emergent Eritrean human rights movements : politics, law, and culture in transnational perspective , Malawi's orphans : children's rights in relation to humanitarianism, compassion and childcare , Introduction to land, property and human rights , Land rights, human rights and development : contestations in land restitution : Limpopo province, South Africa , "Property" and "rights" in a South African land claim case , 'We agreed to move, but we did not do so freely' : resettlement from the Limpopo ; National park, Mozambique , Introduction to human rights in a gendered, relational and plural legal landscape , Between common community interest and gender difference : women in South Africa's land restitution process , Multiple threats, manifold strategies : women, the state and secure tenure at the interface of human rights and local practices in Dar es Salaam , Coercive harmony? : realizing women's rights through alternative dispute ; Resolution in Dar es Salaam's legal aid clinics , Translating women's rights in Niger : what happened to the "radical challenge to patriarchy?" , Introduction to the multiple tracks of human rights and humanitarianism , Rights-based humanitarianism as emancipation or stratification? : rumors and procedures of verification in urban refugee management in Kampala, Uganda , Emergent Eritrean human rights movements : politics, law, and culture in transnational perspective , Malawi's orphans : children's rights in relation to humanitarianism, compassion and childcare

Note: Includes bibliographical references and index , Navigating the terrain of methods and ethics in conflict research , Researching conflict in Africa : a researcher's account of IFE-Modakeke ; South-Western Nigeria , Researching children and violence in evolving socio-political contexts , Layers of silence : counterinsurgency in northeastern Ethiopia , Uncertain ethics : researching civil war in Sudan , "From nation to family" : researching gender and sexuality , Cooperative ethics as a new model for cultural research on peace and security , Hidden agendas in conflict research : informants' interests and research ; Objectivity in the Niger delta , Silence and authoritative speech in post-violence northern Ghana

Note: Includes bibliographical references and index