Subdividing the commons: distributional conflict in the transition from collective to individual property rights in Kenya's Maasailand

cg.coverage.countryKenyaen_US
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africaen_US
cg.coverage.regionSub-Saharan Africaen_US
cg.coverage.regionAfricaen_US
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2006.09.012en_US
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Environment and Production Technology Divisionen_US
cg.isijournalISI Journalen_US
cg.issn0305-750Xen_US
cg.issue5en_US
cg.journalWorld Developmenten_US
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen_US
cg.volume35en_US
dc.contributor.authorMwangi, Estheren_US
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-29T12:58:46Zen_US
dc.date.available2025-01-29T12:58:46Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/171803en_US
dc.titleSubdividing the commons: distributional conflict in the transition from collective to individual property rights in Kenya's Maasailanden_US
dcterms.abstractThis paper suggests that explanations of property rights transformation need to move beyond models of relative price change and state enforcement to include accounts that accommodate conflict and competition among actors, and the possibility that state actors may not provide the enforcement that is often taken for granted. The transition from collective to individualized holdings in Kenya’s Maasailand is burdened with politics and procedural problems that can undermine the gains anticipated in that move. Moreover, in semi-arid ecological settings, individualization results in unstable land holdings, necessitating re-contracting, and reaggregation by individual parcel owners.en_US
dcterms.accessRightsLimited Accessen_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationMwangi, Esther. 2007. Subdividing the commons: distributional conflict in the transition from collective to individual property rights in Kenya's Maasailand. World Development 35(5): 815-834. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2006.09.012en_US
dcterms.extentpp. 815-834en_US
dcterms.issued2007-05en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.licenseCopyrighted; all rights reserveden_US
dcterms.publisherElsevieren_US
dcterms.replaceshttps://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll5/id/1010en_US
dcterms.subjectproperty rightsen_US
dcterms.subjectprivatizationen_US
dcterms.subjectmultiple useen_US
dcterms.typeJournal Articleen_US

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