紹介
This book is the first to develop a sociology of contemporary land reform in Africa. A drive is gathering pace in Africa today to replace communal forms of customary tenure with private land tenure arrangements, markets in land that treat it as a commodity, and forms of rural credit involving land as collateral. This process seems likely to transform African rural society. The book explains the emergence of a new 'law and development' in which transforming land tenure law will occupy centre stage. It describes the roles being played by the World Bank, the technical legal consultants who are writing new land tenure statutes, civil society groups, lawyers, bankers and commercial lenders. While the arguments in favour of land tenure reform may make economic sense, the human and social consequences are likely to undermine African rural security and ways of life.
目次
1. INTRODUCTION The Politics of Land Reform in Africa
Altering Land Relations
The Revival of 'Law and Development'
Structure and Agency in 'Law and Development'
Collateral Damage
Conclusion 2. CONTEMPORARY LAND REFORM IN AFRICA Defining Land Reform
Afrian Land Questions
Chronologies of Land Reform
Conclusion 3. PAYING FOR LAW: THE WORLD BANK AND BILATERAL DONORS Promoting the Rule of Law
The Role of the World Bank in the Privatisation of Land
The Role of Bilateral Donors
Linking the Global and the Local
The Global Land Reform Network
Conclusion 4. MAKING LAW: INSIDE THE 'LAW LABORATORY' The Role of Lawyers
The 'Law Laboratory' in the Network of Land Reform
The Politics of Legal Methodology
Conclusion 5. CONTESTING LAW? 'GENDER PROGRESSIVE' GROUPS AND RURAL MOVEMENTS Case Studies: Gender Progressive Groups in East Africa
Ideologies and Tactics of Rural Movements
Conclusion 6. THE FUTURE OF LAND RELATIONS Problems of Implementation
Worsening Gender Relations
The Role of Commercial Lenders and the Judiciary 7. CONCLUSION Index
