Peri-urban land transactions
Subtitle: everyday practices and relations in peri-urban Blantyre, Malawi
By: Ignasio Malizani Jimu
Publisher: Langaa Research & Publishing CIG; Distributed in and outside N. America by African Books Collective
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Mankon, Bamenda; [Oxford, UK?]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 402
ISBN-13: 9789956727599
Subjects: Land tenure; Land titles; Registration and transfer; Real property; Customary law; Economic anthropology
Notes: Includes biblographical references (p. 373-402).
Table of contents: title: The researcher as participant : method, theory and limitations; title: Locating the peri-urban : the socio-cultural and livelihoods context; title: Commodification and objectification of peri-urban land; title: Practices and legitimation in peri-urban land transactions; title: Peri-urban land disputes and dispute resolution; title: Intermediaries in Peri-urban land transactions; title: Intentionality and implications of selling peri-urban land; title: Epilogue on peri-urban land transactions.