Land Politics How Customary Institutions Shape State Building in Zambia and Senegal 1st edition by Lauren Honig 1009123408 9781009123402

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ISBN 10: 1009123408
ISBN 13: 9781009123402
Author: Lauren Honig

‘The drama of African politics is increasingly a story of fierce competition over land, especially as states attempt to wrest control from customary authorities. In this carefully-crafted book, Lauren Honig shows that even across divergent contexts, longstanding institutions continue to shape and to constrain the realization of such ambitions, with important distributional consequences for citizens. With a wealth of empirical evidence based on extensive original data collection, Land Politics details the ways in which institutions affect the balance of power, and the likelihood of citizens engaging the state or local chiefs to advance their interests. This ambitious volume is a must-read for understanding the political economy of land in Africa.’ Evan S. Lieberman, Total Professor of Political Science and Contemporary Africa, Director, Global Diversity Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Land Politics: How Customary Institutions Shape State Building in Zambia and Senegal 1st Table of contents:

1. Introduction: Land Titling as State Building;

2. Plot by Plot: Customary Authority and The Incremental Expansion of State Property Rights in Africa;

3. Why Institutions Matter: A Theory of Collective Costs and Customary Constraints in Land Titling;

4. The Institutional Foundations of Land Authority in Zambia and Senegal;

5. The Unofficial Differences Among Official Chiefs in Zambia: Vertical Accountability and Patterns of Land Titling;

6. Holding Ground in Senegal: Horizontal Accountability, Institutional Legacies, and the Continuation of Customary Property Rights;

7. Exit or Engagement: How Status within Institutions Impacts Smallholder Titling;

8. Conclusion: The Resilience of Customary Institutions and Property Rights, Beyond State Design.

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