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The Politics of Harmony: Land Dispute Strategies in Swaziland

The Politics of Harmony: Land Dispute Strategies in Swaziland

Rose, Laurel L.
Anderson, David
Laurel L., Rose

Paperback

Series: African Studies, Book 69

General Law

ISBN10: 0521024684
ISBN13: 9780521024686
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: Mar 16 2006
Pages: 256
Weight: 0.84
Height: 0.58 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Laurel Rose analyzes how traditional ruling elites in Swaziland, as in other parts of Africa, use harmony ideologies to downplay and resolve land disputes. Such disputes could be used by foreign development agents or indigenous new elites as justification for implementing land tenure changes, including a reduction of traditional elites' power based upon land control. Swazi commoners accept the cultural value and legitimacy of most harmony ideologies, but they adopt various strategies when disputing about particular land rights in order to produce more favorable outcomes. This book is unusual in its focus on political rather than economic dimensions of land tenure and disputes. It searches for links between individual concerns with land use rights and national concerns with land policy. It also examines gender and leadership issues associated with land, showing how women and new elites threaten land interests of men and traditional leaders.

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