Lauren Honig

Land Politics (eBook, PDF)

How Customary Institutions Shape State Building in Zambia and Senegal

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Produktbeschreibung

Land Politics examines the struggle to control land in Africa through the lens of land titling in Zambia and Senegal. Contrary to standard wisdom portraying titling as an inevitable product of economic development, Lauren Honig traces its distinctly political logic and shows how informality is maintained by local actors. The book's analysis focuses on chiefs, customary institutions, and citizens, revealing that the strength of these institutions and an individual's position within them impact the expansion of state authority over land rights. Honig explores common subnational patterns within the two very different countries to highlight the important effects of local institutions, not the state's capacity or priorities alone, on state building outcomes. Drawing on evidence from national land titling records, qualitative case studies, interviews, and surveys, this book contributes new insights into the persistence of institutional legacies and the political determinants of property rights.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. August 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781009302838
• Artikelnr.: 66177532

Autorenporträt

Lauren Honig is an assistant professor of political science at Boston College. Her research on property rights, citizen-state linkages, customary authority, and informal institutions in Africa has been published in numerous journals. She has received fellowships and grants from the National Science Foundation, Social Science Research Council, and Fulbright Association, among others.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: Land Titling as State Building; 2. Plot by Plot: Customary
Authority and The Incremental Expansion of State Property Rights in Africa;
3. Why Institutions Matter: A Theory of Collective Costs and Customary
Constraints in Land Titling; 4. The Institutional Foundations of Land
Authority in Zambia and Senegal; 5. The Unofficial Differences Among
Official Chiefs in Zambia: Vertical Accountability and Patterns of Land
Titling; 6. Holding Ground in Senegal: Horizontal Accountability,
Institutional Legacies, and the Continuation of Customary Property Rights;
7. Exit or Engagement: How Status within Institutions Impacts Smallholder
Titling; 8. Conclusion: The Resilience of Customary Institutions and
Property Rights, Beyond State Design.