Peri-urban land transactions : everyday practices and relations in peri-urban Blantyre, Malawi /

This book explores the changing land relations in the peri-urban villages of Blantyre in Malawi. It questions and debates how and why the peri-urban villages have become the locus of the selling and buying of customary land, the practices and also the relations involved. The book provides rich ethno...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Jimu, Ignasio Malizani
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Bamenda, Cameroon : Langaa Research & Publishing CIG ; 2012.
Subjects:	Economic anthropology > Malawi > Blantyre. Customary law > Malawi > Blantyre. Real property > Social aspects > Malawi > Blantyre. Land titles > Registration and transfer > Malawi > Blantyre. Land tenure > Malawi > Blantyre. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

The researcher as participant : method, theory and limitations
Locating the peri-urban : the socio-cultural and livelihoods context
Commodification and objectification of peri-urban land
Practices and legitimation in peri-urban land transactions
Peri-urban land disputes and dispute resolution
Intermediaries in Peri-urban land transactions
Intentionality and implications of selling peri-urban land
Epilogue on peri-urban land transactions.