How Customary Institutions Shape State Building in Zambia and Senegal. Politics, social theory, history of ideas, African government, politics, policy, Comparative politics
This book provides new insight into the high-stakes struggle to control land in the Global South through the lens of land titling in Zambia and Senegal. Based on extensive fieldwork, it shows how chiefs and communities challenge the state, in an era of increasing scarcity and booming global land markets.
