1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910702271003321

Titolo

Imperial Beach quadrangle, California--Baja California Norte : 7.5-minute series / / produced by the United States Geological Survey

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Reston, Va.] : , : U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, , 2012-

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (maps) : color

Soggetti

Maps.

Imperial Beach (Calif.) Maps

San Diego (Calif.) Maps

San Diego County (Calif.) Maps

Baja California (Mexico : State) Maps

Tijuana (Baja California, Mexico) Maps

California Imperial Beach

California San Diego

California San Diego County

Mexico Baja California (State)

Mexico Tijuana (Baja California)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale cartografico a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Periodico

Note generali

Relief shown by contours and spot heights.

Includes location map and index of adjoining quadrangles.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910781088203321

Autore

Moyo Sam

Titolo

African land questions, agrarian transitions and the state [[electronic resource] ] : contradictions of neo-liberal land reforms / / Sam Moyo

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Senegal, : CODESRIA, c2008

ISBN

1-282-90123-0

9786612901232

2-86978-384-1

2-86978-340-X

2-86978-265-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (169 p.)

Collana

Working paper series

Green book

Disciplina

333.3096

Soggetti

Land reform - Africa

Land tenure - Africa

Agriculture and state - Africa

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

LC copy imperfect: p. 157 is blank.

"Green book"--Cover.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 146-159).

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; About the Author; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Boxes and Tables; 1 - Introduction; 2 - Conceptual Issues and Perspectives on the Land and Agrarian Question; 3 - African Land Questions: Trends and Tendencies; 4 - Gender Land Inequalities and Tenure Insecurity; 5 - The African State, Land Reform and Politics; 6 - Social Movements, Civil Society and Land Reform; 7 - Conclusions and Suggested Research Directions; Notes; References; Back Cover

Sommario/riassunto

This empirically grounded study provides a critical reflection on the land question in Africa, research on which tends to be tangential, conceptually loose and generally inadequate. It argues that the most pressing research concern must be to understand the precise nature of the African land question, its land reforms and their effects on development. To unravel the roots of land conflicts in Africa requires thorough understanding of the complex social and political



contradictions which have ensued from colonial and post-colonial land policies, as well as from Africa's 'development' and capita