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Zusatztext 'All the contributions to this timely book on the politics of land in Southern Africa are country-studies! but the collection is not a survey. Rather each chapter analyses a specific problem in historical depth. With the guidance of a reflective introduction by Mario Zamponi! this strategy helps the reader to understand sometimes neglected aspects of Southern Africa's agrarian questions.' Bridget O'Laughlin! Institute of Social and Economic Studies (IESE)! Mozambique Informationen zum Autor Arrigo Pallotti is Associate Professor of History of Africa at the Department of Political and Social Sciences of the University of Bologna (Forlì Campus)! Italy! and Research Fellow in the Centre for Africa Studies at the University of the Free State! South Africa. Corrado Tornimbeni is Lecturer of History of Africa at the Department of Political and Social Sciences of the University of Bologna! Italy. Zusammenfassung In this volume leading European, American and African scholars explore in detail the relationship between state, land and democracy in southern African states. They examine the historical background of asset allocation and its impact on questions of nationality, the definition of citizenship, human rights and the current political and economic processes in southern Africa. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. State, Land and Democracy: Reflecting on Agrarian Change in Southern Africa Part I 2. An Unfinished Agenda in a Neoliberal Context: State, Land and Democracy in Malawi 3. Rural Development and the Fight against Poverty in Tanzania: A Fifty-Year Perspective 4. State, Poverty and Agriculture in Zambia: The Impact of State Policies after Democratization 5. Land and Labour Contestation in Manica, Mozambique: Historical Issues in Contemporary Dynamics Part II 6. Proposed Large-Scale Compensation for White Farmers as an Anglo-American Negotiating Strategy for Zimbabwe, 1976-1979 7. Land Reform, Livelihoods and the Politics of Agrarian Change in Zimbabwe 8. Women and Land in Zimbabwe: State, Democracy and Gender Issues in Evolving Livelihoods and Land Regimes 9. Ecolonization and the Creation of Insecurity Regimes: The Meaning of Zimbabwe's Land Reform Programme in Regional Context ...
