{"product_id":"gender-property-and-politics-in-the-pacific-who-speaks-for-land-paperback-softback-9781108948876","title":"Gender, Property and Politics in the Pacific; Who Speaks for Land? (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108948876","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eGender, Property and Politics in the Pacific\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eWho Speaks for Land?\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOutlines how land disputes are entangled with gender, ethnicity and territoriality, shaping public authority and state formation.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRebecca Monson (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108948876, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 3 July 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e296 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.6 cm, 0.431 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'… Monson's book contributes to the body of feminist political ecology … [her] highly original interdisciplinary sociolegal research is characterized by impressive scholarly rigor and a policy relevance far beyond her regional focus on the Pacific.' Rachel Sieder, Legal Pluralism and Critical Social Analysis\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eLegal scholars, economists, and international development practitioners often assume that the state is capable of 'securing' rights to land and addressing gender inequality in land tenure. In this innovative study of land tenure in Solomon Islands, Rebecca Monson challenges these assumptions. Monson demonstrates that territorial disputes have given rise to a legal system characterised by state law, custom, and Christianity, and that the legal construction and regulation of property has, in fact, deepened gender inequalities and other forms of social difference. These processes have concentrated formal land control in the hands of a small number of men leaders, and reproduced the state as a hypermasculine domain, with significant implications for public authority, political participation, and state formation. Drawing insights from legal scholarship and political ecology in particular, this book offers a significant study of gender and legal pluralism in the Pacific, illuminating ongoing global debates about gender inequality, land tenure, ethnoterritorial struggles and the post colonial state.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Grounding debates about land: gender inequality, property and the state\u003cbr\u003e 2. Navigating custom, church and state: property, territory and authority in the protectorate era\u003cbr\u003e 3. Chiefs, Priests and Vuluvulu: selective recognition and the simplification of authority in Marovo Lagoon\u003cbr\u003e 4. From Taovia to Trustee: land disputes, insecurity and authority in Kakabona\u003cbr\u003e 5. 'Land is our mother': ethno-territorial conflict and state formation\u003cbr\u003e 6. Women speak for land: disrupting and re-forming property and authority.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Property law [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Property law\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Property%20law%20%5BLNS%5D%22\"\u003eLNS\u003c\/a\u003e], Human rights \u0026amp; civil liberties law [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Human rights \u0026amp; civil liberties law\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Human%20rights%20\u0026amp;%20civil%20liberties%20law%20%5BLNDC%5D%22\"\u003eLNDC\u003c\/a\u003e], Laws of Specific jurisdictions [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Laws of Specific jurisdictions\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Laws%20of%20Specific%20jurisdictions%20%5BLN%5D%22\"\u003eLN\u003c\/a\u003e], International human rights law [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on International human rights law\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22International%20human%20rights%20law%20%5BLBBR%5D%22\"\u003eLBBR\u003c\/a\u003e], Gender \u0026amp; the law [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Gender \u0026amp; the law\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Gender%20\u0026amp;%20the%20law%20%5BLAQG%5D%22\"\u003eLAQG\u003c\/a\u003e], Law [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Law\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Law%20%5BL%5D%22\"\u003eL\u003c\/a\u003e], Human rights [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Human rights\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Human%20rights%20%5BJPVH%5D%22\"\u003eJPVH\u003c\/a\u003e], Political science \u0026amp; theory [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Political science \u0026amp; theory\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Political%20science%20\u0026amp;%20theory%20%5BJPA%5D%22\"\u003eJPA\u003c\/a\u003e], Sociology \u0026amp; anthropology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Sociology \u0026amp; anthropology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Sociology%20\u0026amp;%20anthropology%20%5BJH%5D%22\"\u003eJH\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52417741816088,"sku":"9781108948876","price":30.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781108948876i.jpg?v=1784505936","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/gender-property-and-politics-in-the-pacific-who-speaks-for-land-paperback-softback-9781108948876","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}