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In the land of the chiefs : customary law, land conflicts, and the role of the state in peri-urban Ghana /

This book studies practices of land management in peri-urban Ghana where traditional leadership forms a vibrant part of social life.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ubink, Janine Marisca, 1976-
Formato: Tesis Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [Leiden] : Leiden University Press, ©2008.
Colección:Leiden University Press series on law, governance, and development dissertations.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Ch. 1: Introduction: land, suctomary law, and traditional authorities; Untitled; Ch. 2: How to combine tradition and modernity? Regulating customary land management Ghana; Ch. 3: Land policies for tenure security or the reality of customary land management in peri-urbun Ghana; Ch. 4: Negotiated or negated? The rhetoric and reality of customary tenure in Ashanti village in Ghana; Ch. 5: Traditional authority revisited: popular perceptions of chiefs and chieftancy in peri-urban Kumasi, Ghana.