The Transformation of Property Rights in the Gold Coast : An Empirical Study Applying Rational Choice Theory Hardback
by Kathryn (Indiana University) Firmin-Sellers
Part of the Political Economy of Institutions and Decisions series
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This book explores the political process by which property rights are defined and enforced in two traditional states in colonial Ghana.
The case studies within the book ask how colonial institutions transformed indigenous political and economic life; and how colonization and decolonization affected prospects for future economic development and stability in Africa.
The introductory chapter outlines a theory of the transformation of property rights systems.
The remaining empirical chapters refine this theory through a detailed analysis of the transformation of property rights within an African context.
These chapters draw explicitly on rational choice theories to analyse indigenous actors' attempts to redefine and enforce property rights to land by 'reinventing' the traditions of their respective communities.
These theories help to understand why property rights systems across Africa remain fluid and insecure.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:216 pages, 1 Maps; 9 Line drawings, unspecified
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:05/12/1996
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- ISBN:9780521555036
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Out of StockMore expected soonContact us for further information
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:216 pages, 1 Maps; 9 Line drawings, unspecified
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:05/12/1996
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- ISBN:9780521555036
