Of land and legitimacy: A tale of two lawsuits

Africa

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 120-141

  Askew, Kelly ^a   Maganga, Faustin ^b   Odgaard, Rie ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

^c DANISH INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISPUTE RESOLUTION; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND USE CONFLICT; PROPERTY RIGHTS;

TANZANIA;

EID: 84872975390     PISSN: 00019720     EISSN: 17500184     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0001972012000745     Document Type: Article

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