Overview
- Examines post-colonial land reforms across various African states
- Identifies policy gaps in the land project and offers practical policy options towards sustainable agrarian reform, food security, socio-economic, and political development
- Takes a holistic approach to understanding Africa's land question
- Presents country-specific case studies using diverse methodology to provide a wide perspective
Part of the book series: Advances in African Economic, Social and Political Development (AAESPD)
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About this book
This book is an examination of post-colonial land reforms across various African states. One of the decisive contradictions of colonialism in Africa was the distortion of use, access to and ownership of land. Land related issues and the need for land reform have consistently occupied a unique position in public discourse in Africa. The post-colonial African states have had to embark on concerted efforts at redressing historical grounded land policies and addressing the growing needs of land by the poor. However, agitations for land continue, while evidence of policy gaps abound. In many cases, policy change in terms of land use, distribution and ownership has reinforced inequalities and affected power and social relations in respective post-colonial African countries. Land has assumed major causes of structural violence and impediments to human and rural development in Africa; hence the need for holistic assessment of land reforms in post-colonial African states. The central objective of the text is to identify post-independence and current trends in land reform and to address the grievances in relation to land use, ownership and distribution. The book suggests practicable policy options towards addressing the land hunger and conflict, which could derail the ‘moderate’ socio-economic achievements and political stability recorded by post-colonial African nation-states. The book draws its strength and uniqueness from its adoption of country-specific case studies, which places the book in context, and utilizes field studies methodology which generate new knowledge on the continental land question. Taking a holistic approach to understanding Africa’s land question, this book will be attractive to academicians and students interested in policy and development, African politics, post-colonial development and policy, and conflict studies as well as policy-makers working in relevant areas.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Professor Henry Wissink (PhD) is educated and broadly skilled in the fields of public sector governance, public policy analysis, development studies, organisation- and leadership development. Prior to joining UKZN, his academic and professional career of 28 years, he was employed as an academic at the University of Stellenbosch, the PE Technikon, that later became the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University in 2005. He primarily served in academic management capacities since 1991, firstly as a Head of Department of Public Administration and Law, and later Dean of the Faculty of Commerce and Governmental Studies. His own teaching background focused on training and educating public servants and prospective entrants to public service in South Africa, as well as broadly schooled professionals who could contribute to more effective governance and public policy-making at all levels of government. He has also made many international study visits to universities and institutions in many parts of the world, and lectured in public policy analysis and development management for Africa at two USA universities in North Carolina and Ohio State. During this time he played a significant role in promoting his institutions in the areas of education and training, and forming international partnerships with schools and institutes globally. He also spent four years working as a business consultant, and developed an online-learning platform to educate and train public servants in local government according to the demands of their job functions. During his career, he produced 90+ academic and scholarly outputs, which include 28 peer reviewed papers at national and international conferences, published 6 academic textbooks as author/co-author; published 39 articles and chapters in peer reviewed journals and textbooks as well as 19 popular and unpublished research publications. He has served as Dean and Head of the School of Management, IT and Governance, since his appointment in November 2011.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Trajectory of Land Reform in Post-Colonial African States
Book Subtitle: The Quest for Sustainable Development and Utilization
Editors: Adeoye O. Akinola, Henry Wissink
Series Title: Advances in African Economic, Social and Political Development
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-78701-5
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-78700-8Published: 25 June 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-08767-8Published: 11 January 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-78701-5Published: 13 June 2018
Series ISSN: 2198-7262
Series E-ISSN: 2198-7270
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 178
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 1 illustrations in colour
Topics: African Politics, Development and Post-Colonialism, Public Policy