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

cg.coverage.countryKenya
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2KE
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africa
cg.coverage.regionSub-Saharan Africa
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2006.09.012en
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Environment and Production Technology Divisionen
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn0305-750Xen
cg.issue5en
cg.journalWorld Developmenten
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.volume35en
dc.contributor.authorMwangi, Estheren
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-29T12:58:46Zen
dc.date.available2025-01-29T12:58:46Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/171803
dc.titleSubdividing the commons: distributional conflict in the transition from collective to individual property rights in Kenya's Maasailanden
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
dcterms.accessRightsLimited Access
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
dcterms.extentpp. 815-834en
dcterms.issued2007-05en
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCopyrighted; all rights reserved
dcterms.publisherElsevieren
dcterms.replaceshttps://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll5/id/1010en
dcterms.subjectproperty rightsen
dcterms.subjectprivatizationen
dcterms.subjectmultiple useen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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