Land and Sustainable Development in Africa ( 1 )

Publication series :1

Author: Amanor   Kojo Sebastian;Moyo   Sam  

Publisher: Zed Books‎

Publication year: 2008

E-ISBN: 9781848132610

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9781842779132

Subject: F0-0 Marxisms Plutonomy (GENERAL);F06 A branch of economics science

Keyword: 经济学分支科学,马克思主义政治经济学(总论),经济学

Language: ENG

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Description

Links contemporary debates about land reform with the wider discourses on sustainable development within Africa, including chapters and in-depth case studies on South Africa and Zimbabwe, Malawi, Kenya, Botswana and West Africa.

Chapter

Introduction

Defining Sustainable Development

The Origins of Sustainable Development

Neoliberal Perspectives on Land

Land Redistribution and Markets

Nature Tourism, Wildlife and Forest Management

Civil Society and the Land Question

Scope and Organisation of This Book

Emerging Themes

1. Land and Sustainable Development in South Africa

Sustainable Development, Environment and Land Reform

The Origins of the Land Question in South Africa

Land Reform under the African National Congress

Civil Society Initiatives for Land Reform

Conclusion

2. Interrogating Sustainable Development and Resource Control in Zimbabwe

Zimbabwean Debates over Land and Sustainable Development

Land Distribution and Equity Problems in Zimbabwe

Macroeconomic Policies

Agriculture, Natural Resources and Sustainable Development

Land as an Overarching Resource for Sustainable Development

Forests and Sustainable Development

Wildlife

Popular Struggles for Land

Fast Track Land Reform and Sustainable Development

Conclusion

Notes

3. Law, Land and Sustainable Development in Malawi

Land and Sustainable Development in Malawi

Critical Variables in Land

Land Law Reform and Sustainable Development

Limitations of Land Law

Prospects for Land Reform and Sustainable Development

Conclusion

4. The Struggle for Sustainable Land Management and Democratic Development in Kenya

Land Expropriation, Colonial Law and Native Reserves

African Agriculture and Land Tenure Reform

Politics of Land, Uhuru and After: The Political Impasse

The Kenyatta Regime: Freezing the Land Question

The Moi Regime: Thawing the Land Question

Political Patronage, Land Grabbing and Livelihood Struggles

The Kibaki Regime: Moving the Land Question Around the Circle

Conclusion

Notes

5. Sustainable Development, Corporate Accumulation and Community Expropriation: Land and Natural Resources in West Africa

Colonial Land Policies in West Africa

Post-colonial Developments and Their Impact on Land

Export Crop Frontiers

Agricultural Modernisation and Agribusiness

Community Forestry

Minerals

The Role of Civil Society

Conclusion

Notes

6. Sustainable Development, Ecotourism, National Minorities and Land in Botswana

Land Tenure and Administration in Botswana

Land and Ethnicity

Agriculture and Land Reform

Land, Nature Tourism and Expropriation

Popular Struggles for Land and Sustainable Livelihoods

Conclusion

Notes

Conclusion: Transforming Sustainable Development

Land Markets, Redistribution and Civil Society

From Technical Management to Social Justice

Communitarian Approaches

The Challenge

Notes

Select Bibliography

Index

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