{"product_id":"competing-jurisdictions-settling-land-claims-in-africa-paperback","title":"Competing Jurisdictions: Settling Land Claims in Africa - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSandra Evers\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eMarja Spierenburg\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eHarry Wels\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is about the politicking and strife over land between various stakeholders on the African continent, including Madagascar. It is about attempts to control land tenure 'from above' and about local manoeuvring 'from below'. The contributing authors analyse the intricate relations between the central government, the local government and grassroots level institutions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSandra J.T.M. Evers\u003c\/b\u003e, Ph.D. in Anthropology, University of Amsterdam (2001), is Assistant Professor at the Dept. of Social and Cultural Anthropology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. She specialises in South West Indian Ocean studies, with a particular focus on Madagascar and the Seychelles. Her earlier publications include \u003ci\u003ePeople without history: the tombless in the Extreme Southern Highlands of Madagascar.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eLova\/Inheritance: Past and Present in Madagascar\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eMichigan Discussions in Anthropology\u003c\/i\u003e, vol. 14, pp. 37-52 (University of Michigan, 2003) and \u003ci\u003eConstructing history, culture and inequality\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eThe Betsileo in the extreme southern highlands of Madagascar\u003c\/i\u003e (Brill, 2002). \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarja J. Spierenburg\u003c\/b\u003e, Ph.D. in Anthropology, University of Amsterdam (2003), is Assistant Professor at the Dept. Culture, Organisation and Management, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Earlier publications on natural resource management and spirit possession include \u003ci\u003eThe quest for fruition through Ngoma\u003c\/i\u003e (co-edited with R. van Dijk and R. Reis. James Currey, 2000) and \u003ci\u003eStrangers, spirits, and land reforms\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eConflicts about land in Dande, northern Zimbabwe\u003c\/i\u003e (Brill 2004).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHarry Wels\u003c\/b\u003e, Ph.D. (2000) in Organisational Anthropology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, is Associate Professor at the Dept. Culture, Organisation and Management, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands. He has published broadly on issues of organisational co-operation in southern Africa, including \u003ci\u003e'Formidable fences. Organisational co-operation and boundary bullies in Zimbabwe'\u003c\/i\u003e, in: Paulsen, N. and Hernes, T. (eds.), \u003ci\u003eManaging Boundaries in organisations. Multiple perspectives\u003c\/i\u003e, (New York: Palgrave, 2003) and \u003ci\u003ePrivate wildlife conservation in Zimbabwe. Joint ventures and reciprocity\u003c\/i\u003e (Brill, 2003).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 364\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.92 x 9.4 x 6.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 28, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":71316851065085,"sku":"9789004147805","price":107.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/RkQUzmESJi9789004147805.webp?v=1789624314","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/competing-jurisdictions-settling-land-claims-in-africa-paperback","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}