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Author:

Griffiths, Anne M. O., author.

Title:

Transformations on the ground : space and the power of land in Botswana / Anne M. O. Griffiths.

Publisher:

Indiana University Press,

Copyright Date:

2019

Description:

xiii, 192 pages ; 23 cm

Subject:

Land use--Government policy--Botswana.
Land tenure--Law and legislation--Botswana.
Globalization--Economic aspects--Botswana.
Globalization--Economic aspects.
Land tenure--Law and legislation.
Land use--Government policy.
Botswana.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-184) and index.

Contents:

Part 1. Historical dimensions of land in Botswana: contemporary entanglements -- The international landscape and its influence on land in Botswana -- Reframing the governance of land: global, national, and local intersections -- Institutional frameworks and governance: Kweneng Land Board and the administration of land -- Part 2. The bottom-up impact of land on diverging family lifeworlds and gender relations -- Families, networks, and status: grounded perspectives on access to and control over land -- Transformations on the ground: the changing position of women in relation to land -- Part 3. Law and space: negotiating legal plurality in Botswana -- Negotiating conflict: the handling of disputes in the land tribunal -- Constructing legality in the High Court and the Court of Appeal -- Final reflections: the myth of a single global vision.

Series:

Framing the global book series

ISBN:

0253043573
9780253043573
0253043565
9780253043566

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1097366526

LCCN:

2019013601

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)