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Titolo: | Contesting land and custom in Ghana : state, chief and the citizen / / edited by Janine M. Ubink and Kojo S. Amanor |
Pubblicazione: | Leiden, : Leiden University Press, c2008 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (230 pages) : illustrations, maps; digital file(s) |
Disciplina: | 301 |
Soggetto topico: | Land tenure - Ghana |
Land tenure - Law and legislation - Ghana | |
Right of property - Ghana | |
Land use - Ghana | |
Altri autori: | UbinkJanine M. <1976-> AmanorKojo S |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Intro -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Contesting land and custom in Ghana: Introduction -- Ancestral property: Land, politics and 'thedeeds of the ancestors' in Ghana and Coˆte d'Ivoire -- The changing face of customary land tenure -- Traditional ambiguities and authoritarian interpretations in Sefwi land disputes -- Chiefs, earth priests and the state: Irrigation agriculture, competing institutions and the transformation of land tenure arrangements in Northeastern Ghana -- Customary justice institutions and local Alternative Dispute Resolution: What kind of protection can they offer to customary landholders? -- Struggles for land in peri-urban Kumasi and their effect on popular perceptions of chiefs and chieftaincy -- Risks and opportunities of state intervention in customary land management: Emergent findings from the Land Administration Project Ghana -- References -- Archives -- List of contributors -- Index. |
Sommario/riassunto: | A critical examination of customary land tenure in Ghana, based on case studies and vital in the integration of customary institutions into the framework of state land administration. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Contesting land and custom in Ghana |
ISBN: | 90-485-0608-5 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910213850903321 |
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