Title: Contesting land and custom in Ghana : state, chief and the citizen /
Authors: Ubink, Janine M., 1976-; Amanor, Kojo, 1956-
Publisher: Leiden University Press,
Year: 2008
Subjects: Land tenure Ghana.; Land tenure Law and legislation Ghana.; Right of property Ghana.; Land use Ghana.
Contents: Contesting land and custom in Ghana: introduction -- Ancestral property: land, politics and 'the deeds of ancestors' in Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire -- The changing face of customary land tenure -- Traditional ambiguities and authoritarian interpretations in Sefwi land disputes -- Chiefs, earth priests and the state: irrigation agriculture, competing institutions and the transformation of land tenure arrangements in Northeastern Ghana -- Customary justice institutions and local alternative dispute resolution: what kind of protection can they offer to customary landholders -- Struggles for land in peri-urban Kumasi and their effect on popular perceptions of chiefs and chieftaincy -- Risks and opportunities of state intervention in customary land management: emergent findings from the Land Administration Project Ghana.