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The transformation of property rights in the Gold Coast : an empirical analysis applying rational choice theory
- Title
- The transformation of property rights in the Gold Coast : an empirical analysis applying rational choice theory / Kathryn Firmin-Sellers.
- Author
- Firmin-Sellers, Kathryn.
- Publication
- Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1996.
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- Description
- xii, 200 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
- Summary
- "The Transformation of Property Rights in the Gold Coast explores the complex political process by which property rights are defined and enforced in two traditional states in colonial Ghana. The case studies 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."--BOOK JACKET. "The introductory chapter outlines a theory for the transformation of property rights. The remaining chapters apply this formal theory through an empirical analysis of the transformation of property rights within an African context. These chapters draw explicitly on rational choice theories to analyze indigenous actors' attempts to redefine and enforce property rights to land by "reinventing" the traditions of their respective communities. These theories help to explain why property rights systems across Africa remain fluid and insecure."--Jacket.
- Series Statement
- Political economy of institutions and decisions
- Uniform Title
- Political economy of institutions and decisions
- Subject
- Land tenure > Ghana > History
- Real property > Ghana > History
- Customary law > Ghana > History
- Agriculture and state > Ghana > Case studies
- Land tenure > Africa
- Real property > Africa
- Agriculture and state > Africa
- Agriculture and state
- Customary law
- Land tenure
- Real property
- Grundeigentum
- Grundstücksrecht
- Eigendomsrecht
- Landgebruik
- Ghana
- Land ownership
- Property
- Customary law
- Agriculture
- Africa
- Ghana
- Genre/Form
- Case studies
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-191) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction -- pt. 1. The institutions of the colonial state: The logic of indirect rule -- pt. 2. The reinvention of tradition : the evolution of property rights under indirect rule: Institutional failure in the Ga state ; Institutional creation in Akyem Abuakwa : the politics of property rights -- pt. 3. The transition to independent government: Redfining the institutions of central government : the writing ot the Coussey Constitution ; The return to the traditional state ; Conclusion.
- ISBN
- 0521555035
- 9780521555036
- 9780521039352
- 0521039355
- LCCN
- 95050943
- OCLC
- ocm34516377
- 34516377
- SCSB-8931852
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library