The transformation of property rights in the Gold Coast : an empirical analysis applying rational choice theory /

This book explores the political process by which property rights are defined and enforced in two traditional states in colonial Ghana. The case studies within the book ask how colonial institutions transformed indigenous political and economic life; and how colonization and decolonization affected...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Firmin-Sellers, Kathryn
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1996.
Colección:Political economy of institutions and decisions.
Temas:
Land tenure > Ghana > History.
Real property > Ghana > History.
Customary law > Ghana > History.
Agriculture and state > Ghana > Case studies.
Land tenure > Africa.
Real property > Africa.
Agriculture and state > Africa.
Biens réels > Ghāna > Histoire.
Politique agricole > Ghāna > Études de cas.
Biens réels > Afrique.
Politique agricole > Afrique.
LAW > Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.
Agriculture and state.
Customary law.
Land tenure.
Real property.
Eigendomsrecht.
Landgebruik.
Africa.
Ghana.
Electronic books.
Case studies.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • pt. 1. The institutions of the colonial state: The logic of indirect rule
  • pt. 2. The reinvention of tradition : the evolution of property rights under indirect rule: Institutional failure in the Ga state ; Institutional creation in Akyem Abuakwa : the politics of property rights
  • pt. 3. The transition to independent government: Redfining the institutions of central government : the writing ot the Coussey Constitution ; The return to the traditional state ; Conclusion.

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