Politics of Harmony - Land Dispute Strategies in Swaziland

Klappentext The Politics of Harmony analyses how traditional ruling elites in Swaziland! as in other parts of Africa! use harmony ideologies to downplay and resolve land disputes. Zusammenfassung The Politics of Harmony analyses how traditional ruling elites in Swaziland! as in other parts of Africa! use harmony ideologies to downplay and resolve land disputes. This book is unusual in its focus on political rather than economic dimensions of land tenure disputes. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I. National and Local Settings: 1. The geographical, historical, political, and social bases of customary land tenure relations; 2. The legal structure for customary land tenure relations; 3. Two communities: arenas for land disputes; Part II. Harmony and Land: 4. The politics of harmony: land dispute strategies; 5. Land dispute cases in the political hierarchy; 6. 'A woman is like a field': women's land dispute strategies; 7. 'How could I take my land dispute to the person with the stick?': elites' land dispute strategies. 8. Conclusions; Appendix; Notes; References; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Laurel L. Rose
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.1992
• EAN: 9780521392969
• ISBN: 978-0-521-39296-9
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: African Studies Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law