Politics and struggles for access to land: ‘grants from above’ and ‘squatters’ in coastal Kenya

European Journal of Development Research

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 50-69

  Kanyinga, Karuti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; LAND RIGHTS; POLITICAL PROCESS; TENURE RELATIONS;

KENYA;

EID: 0032420706     PISSN: 09578811     EISSN: 17439728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09578819808426716     Document Type: Article

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