Starting the conversation: Land issues and critical conservation studies in post-colonial Africa

Journal of Contemporary African Studies

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 336-344

  Barrett, George ^a   Brooks, Shirley ^b   Josefsson, Jenny ^c   Zulu, Nqobile ^d  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

African land issues; communities; nature conservation; neoliberalisation; spatialities of exclusion

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; LAND REFORM; LAND USE; LANDOWNERSHIP; NATION STATE; NEOLIBERALISM; POST-COLONIALISM; PRIVATE LAND; PROTECTED AREA;

AFRICA;

EID: 84880440823     PISSN: 02589001     EISSN: 14699397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02589001.2013.802440     Document Type: Article

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