Land, law and politics in Africa [[electronic resource] ] : mediating conflict and reshaping the state / / edited by Jan Abbink, Mirjam de Bruijn

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910457200103321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2011
• ISBN: 1-283-33486-0; 9786613334862; 90-04-21806-8
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (396 p.)
• Collana: African dynamics ; ; v. 10
• Altri autori (Persone): AbbinkJ; BruijnMirjam de <1962->; HesselingGerti
• Disciplina: 303.6096
• Soggetti: Land tenure - Africa; Land use, Rural - Government policy - Africa; Law - Africa; Customary law - Africa; Economic development - Africa; Conflict management - Africa; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "This project was envisaged as a testimony to the inspirational legacy of Professor Gerti Hesseling (1946-2009), the Dutch legal scholar and Africanist"--Introduction.; Includes bibliography of the works of Gerti Hesseling.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Preliminary Material / Jan Abbink and Mirjam de Bruijn -- Introduction / Jan Abbink -- Partenariat et interdisciplinarité: / Jean-Pierre Olivier de Sardan and 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 Nkoya people of Zambia / Wim M.J. van Binsbergen -- ‘Sons of the soil’: / 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 développement ascendant et endogène / Abdou Salam Fall -- Land conflicts in Senegal revisited: / Mayke Kaag , Yaram Gaye and Marieke Kruis -- ‘More punitive penalties should be given to urban farmers’: / Romborah R. Simiyu and Dick Foeken -- Settling border conflicts in Africa peacefully: / Piet Konings -- Politics and Constitutional Law / Politique et Droit Constitutionnel Democracy deferred: / Jan Abbink -- La production d’un nouveau constitutionnalisme en Afrique : / Babacar Kanté -- Le juge constitutionnel et la construction de l’Etat de droit au Sénégal / Fatima Diallo -- Sur les traces du droit vivant dans le labyrinthe du droit foncier et des pratiques locales au Mali / Moussa Djiré -- The Challenges of Law and Conflict / Les Défis de Droit Face au Conflits Effectuating normative change in customary legal systems: / Janine Ubink -- Decentralization and the articulation of local and regional politics in Central Chad / Han van Dijk -- Conflict mobility and the search for peace in Africa / Mirjam de Bruijn and Egosha E. Osaghae -- Appendix: Bibliography of prof. dr Gerti Hesseling / Jan Abbink and Mirjam de Bruijn -- List of authors / Jan Abbink and Mirjam de Bruijn.
• Sommario/riassunto: This volume presents a wide selection of studies on the issues of law, land dispute and conflict (mediation) in Africa, reconsidering the role of state agents and other actors in these matters. The focus is on analyzing how citizens, state institutions and concerned (inter)national actors aim to find solutions to disputes, tension and conflict that are part of social life. The authors have approached the subject of Land, Law and Politics in Africa from a variety of disciplinary angles. The issues at stake comprise land access and land use, state politics and democratization efforts, the relationship between constitutional/state law and customary law, the challenges of urban and rural conflicts, border issues and the conceptions of (human) rights. On the basis of new empirical studies, the authors plead for a more holistic perspective on the above issues and on developmental policy in general. The book has 15 chapters in four thematic parts, focusing on historical and cultural aspects of politics and authority; land law and land disputes; constitutionalism and politics; and conflict studies. The volume is also a tribute to the work of Gerti Hesseling (1946-2009), a Dutch Africanist with a successful career as a scholar of constitutional and land law, focusing on West Africa.