Transformations on the Ground : Space and the Power of Land in Botswana /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Griffiths, Anne M. O. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bloomington, Indiana, USA : Indiana University Press, [2019]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Land use > Government policy.
Land tenure > Law and legislation.
Globalization > Economic aspects.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Globalization > Economic aspects > Botswana.
Land tenure > Law and legislation > Botswana.
Land use > Government policy > Botswana.
Botswana.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of 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.

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