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Author:   Birgit Englert ,  Elizabeth Daley ,  Elizabeth Daley ,  Robin Palmer
Publisher:   James Currey
Imprint:   James Currey
Dimensions:   Width: 13.80cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.384kg
ISBN:  

9781847016119

ISBN 10:   1847016111
Pages:   192
Publication Date:   20 November 2008
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of print, replaced by POD  
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Table of Contents

Foreword - Robin Palmer Introduction: Women's land rights & privatization - Birgit Englert and Elizabeth Daley Breathing life into dead theories about property rights in rural Africa: lessons from Kenya - Celestine Nyamu Musembi 'Go home & clear the conflict': human rights perspectives on gender & land in Tanzania - Ingunn Ikdahl Gender, uenyeji, wealth, confidence & land in Kinyanambo: the impact of commoditization, rural-urban change & land registration on women's land rights in Mufindi District, Tanzania - Elizabeth Daley Changing land rights & gendered discourses: examples from the Uluguru Mountains, Tanzania - Birgit Englert Falling between two stools: how women's rights to land are lost between state law & customary law in Apac District, Northern Uganda - Judy Adoko Falling between two stools: how women's rights to land are lost between state law & customary law in Apac District, Northern Uganda - Simon Levine Struggling with in-laws & corruption in Kombewa Division, Kenya: the impact of HIV/AIDS on widows' & orphans' land rights - Samwel Ong'wen Okuro Women & land arrangements in Rwanda: a gender-based analysis of access to natural resources - An Ansoms Women & land arrangements in Rwanda: a gender-based analysis of access to natural resources - Nathalie Holvoet Afterword: securing women's land rights

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'This is an exciting new collection from an impressive generation of young scholars. Their focus on Eastern Africa makes great sense, geographically, historically and thematically, for the countries discussed in this volume have all undergone similar land reform and privatization processes in recent years.' - Robin Palmer in the Foreword.""

'This is an exciting new collection from an impressive generation of young scholars. Their focus on Eastern Africa makes great sense, geographically, historically and thematically, for the countries discussed in this volume have all undergone similar land reform and privatization processes in recent years.' - Robin Palmer in the Foreword.

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Birgit Englert is Assistant Professor and lecturer in the Department of African Studies at the University of Vienna, Austria; Elizabeth Daley is an independent land consultant

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