{"product_id":"the-politics-of-harmony-land-dispute-strategies-in-swaziland-hardback-9780521392969","title":"The Politics of Harmony; Land Dispute Strategies in Swaziland (Hardback) 9780521392969","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Politics of Harmony\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eLand Dispute Strategies in Swaziland\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Politics of Harmony analyses how traditional ruling elites in Swaziland, as in other parts of Africa, use harmony ideologies to downplay and resolve land disputes.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eLaurel L. Rose (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521392969, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 31 January 1992\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e256 pages, 3 b\/w illus.  14 maps  7 tables\u003cbr\u003e23.7 x 15.9 x 2 cm, 0.514 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\"The core of this book provides a fascinating ethnographic glimpse into the operation of customary courts in the 1980s....this is an absorbing and provocative book, amply demonstrating the need for a new historical anthropology of Swaziland.\"   Jonathan Crush, The International Journal of African Historical Studies\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eLaurel Rose analyses how traditional ruling elites in Swaziland, as in other parts of Africa, use harmony ideologies to downplay and resolve land disputes. Such disputes could be used by foreign development agents or indigenous new élites as justification for implementing land tenure changes, including a reduction of traditional elites' power based upon land control. Swazi commoners accept the cultural value and legitimacy of most harmony ideologies, but they use strategies when disputing about particular land rights to produce more favourable outcomes. This book is unusual in its focus on political rather than economic dimensions of land tenure and disputes. It searches for links between individual concerns with land use rights and national concerns with land policy. It also examines gender and leadership issues associated with land, showing how women and new élites threaten land interests of men and traditional leaders.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Part I. National and Local Settings: 1. The geographical, historical, political, and social bases of customary land tenure relations\u003cbr\u003e 2. The legal structure for customary land tenure relations\u003cbr\u003e 3. Two communities: arenas for land disputes\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Harmony and Land: 4. The politics of harmony: land dispute strategies\u003cbr\u003e 5. Land dispute cases in the political hierarchy\u003cbr\u003e 6. 'A woman is like a field': women's land dispute strategies\u003cbr\u003e 7. 'How could I take my land dispute to the person with the stick?': elites' land dispute strategies. 8. Conclusions\u003cbr\u003e Appendix\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e References\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Social \u0026amp; cultural anthropology, ethnography [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Social \u0026amp; cultural anthropology, ethnography\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Social%20\u0026amp;%20cultural%20anthropology,%20ethnography%20%5BJHMC%5D%22\"\u003eJHMC\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46005581611288,"sku":"9780521392969","price":96.67,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521392969i_0a86b184-64fb-4766-acee-45d97d9f6f25.jpg?v=1691376305","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-politics-of-harmony-land-dispute-strategies-in-swaziland-hardback-9780521392969","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}