The Contested Lands of Laikipia

The Contested Lands of Laikipia PDF Author: Marie Ladekjær Gravesen
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004435204
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 273

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Book Description
Explore the violence and conflict that lead up to the land invasions prior to Kenya's 2017 general election. The Contested Lands of Laikipia tells how, and why, land claims and ethnic categories became increasingly politicized here over the past century.

The Contested Lands of Laikipia

The Contested Lands of Laikipia PDF Author: Marie Ladekjær Gravesen
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004435204
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 273

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Book Description
Explore the violence and conflict that lead up to the land invasions prior to Kenya's 2017 general election. The Contested Lands of Laikipia tells how, and why, land claims and ethnic categories became increasingly politicized here over the past century.

Africa's Land Rush

Africa's Land Rush PDF Author: Ruth Hall
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
ISBN: 1847011306
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 226

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Book Description
Interrogates the narratives of land grabbing and agricultural investment through detailed local studies that illuminate how these are experienced on the ground and the implications for Africa's land and agricultural economy.

Political Violence in Kenya

Political Violence in Kenya PDF Author: Kathleen Klaus
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108488501
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 375

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Book Description
An analysis of land and natural resource conflict as a source of political violence, focusing on election violence in Kenya.

Contest for Land in Madagascar

Contest for Land in Madagascar PDF Author: Sandra Evers
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004256237
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 264

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Book Description
The Malagasy possess a profound religious, socio-political and economic attachment to land which connects individuals and kinship groups with the ancestors. International stakeholders value Madagascar for its biodiversity, minerals and agricultural potential, while the Malagasy state views land as the necessary platform for its economic development. This collection presents original research by established and rising scholars across a broad spectrum of disciplines, including Human Genetics, Anthropology and History. Authors focus on land as the pivotal factor underlying the economic, social and religious structures of Malagasy society and its relationship with outsiders, aiming to provide new insights into the issues underlying Madagascar’s ongoing economic and political malaise.

Land, Investment & Politics

Land, Investment & Politics PDF Author: Jeremy Lind
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
ISBN: 1847012523
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 224

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Book Description
Examines the new challenges facing Africa's pastoral drylands from large-scale investments and how this might affect the economic and political landscape for the regions affected and their peoples.

Community Rights, Conservation and Contested Land

Community Rights, Conservation and Contested Land PDF Author: Fred Nelson
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0415520363
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 354

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Book Description
First Published in 2012. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Environmental Change and African Societies

Environmental Change and African Societies PDF Author: Julia Tischler
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004410848
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 367

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Book Description
The volume Environmental Change and African Societies contributes to current debates on global climate change from the perspectives of the social sciences and the humanities. It charts past and present environmental change in different African settings and also discusses policies and scenarios for the future. The first section, “Ideas”, enquires into local perceptions of the environment, followed by contributions on historical cases of environmental change and state regulation. The section “Present” addresses decision-making and agenda-setting processes related to current representations and/or predicted effects of climate change. The section “Prospects” is concerned with contemporary African megatrends. The authors move across different scales of investigation, from locally-grounded ethnographic analyses to discussions on continental trends and international policy. Contributors are: Daniel Callo-Concha, Joy Clancy, Manfred Denich, Sara de Wit, Ton Dietz, Irit Eguavoen, Ben Fanstone, Ingo Haltermann, Laura Jeffrey, Emmanuel Kreike, Vimbai Kwashirai, James C. McCann, Bertrand F. Nero, Jonas Ø. Nielsen, Erick G. Tambo, Julia Tischler.

Nature Conservation in Southern Africa

Nature Conservation in Southern Africa PDF Author:
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004385118
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 307

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Book Description
Nature Conservation in Southern Africa. Morality and Marginality: Towards Sentient Conservation? proposes ways to study linkages between the marginality, subjectivity and agency of both human and animals, promoting a new approach to conservation referred to as ‘sentient conservation’.

Decolonization & Independence in Kenya, 1940-93

Decolonization & Independence in Kenya, 1940-93 PDF Author: Bethwell A. Ogot
Publisher: Ohio State University Press
ISBN: 9780821410516
Category : Decolonization
Languages : en
Pages : 292

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Book Description
This is a sharply observed assessment of the history of the last half century by a distinguished group of historians of Kenya. At the same time the book is a courageous reflection in the dilemmas of African nationhood. Professor B. A. Ogot says: "The main purpose of the book is to show that decolonization does not only mean the transfer of alien power to sovereign nationhood; it must also entail the liberation of the worlds of spirit and culture, as well as economics and politics. "The book also raises a more fundamental question, that is: How much independence is available to any state, national economy or culture in today's world? It asks how far are Africa's miseries linked to the colonial past and to the process of decolonization? "In particular the book raises the basic question of how far Kenya is avoidably neo-colonial? And what does neo-colonial dependence mean? The book answers these questions by discussing the dynamic between the politics of decolonization, the social history of class formation and the economics of dependence. The book ends with a provocative epilogue discussing the transformation of the post-colonial state from a single-party to a multi-party system."

Pastoralism and Development in Africa

Pastoralism and Development in Africa PDF Author: Andy Catley
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0415540712
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 315

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Book Description
A view of 'development at the margins' in the pastoral areas of the Horn of Africa highlights innovation and entrepreneurialism, cooperation and networking and diverse approaches rarely in line with standard development prescriptions. Through twenty detailed empirical chapters, the book highlights diverse pathways of development, going beyond the standard 'aid' and 'disaster' narratives.