Onoma, Ato Kwamena

The Politics of Property Rights Institutions in Africa.

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2009. Hardcover. Dustjacket. 246 pp. English text. Condition : as new. Mailorder only - Alleen verzending mogelijk. Book condition : as new. - Why do some political leaders create and strengthen institutions like title registries and land tribunals that secure property rights to land while others neglect these institutions or destroy those that already exist? How do these institutions evolve once they have been established? This book answers these questions through spatial and temporal comparison of national and subnational cases from Botswana, Ghana, and Kenya and, to a lesser extent, Zimbabwe. Onoma argues that the level of property rights security that leaders prefer depends on how they use land. However, the extent to which leaders' institutional preferences are translated into actual institutions depends on the level of leaders' capacity. Further, once established, these institutions through their very working can contribute to their own decline over time. This book is unique in revealing the political and economic reasons why some leaders unlike others prefer an environment of insecure rights even as land prices increase. ISBN 9780521765718.

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Book number: #83972

Keywords: RECHT, *2006-100 African law

SMOCK, DAVID R.; BENTSI-ENCHILL, KWAMENA

The Search for National Integration in Africa

New York, The Free Press. 1976, 1st Edition. (ISBN: 0029295602). Hardcover, with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book, xii 340pp hardback, black laminated boards gilt, presentation copy from one of the editors signed, very good in a poor torn wrapper. Very Good/Poor. Signed by Author(s).

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Book number: 043618

Keywords: 0029295602 anthropology