From the Ground Up:
Land Rights, Conflict and Peace in Sub-Saharan Africa

Edited by Chris Huggins and Jenny Clover

June 2005

A joint project of the African Centre for Technology Studies and the African Security Analysis Programme of the Institue for Security Studies

Preface
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List of Contributors
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Introduction
Chris Huggins and Jenny Clover
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Part One
Land Reform : Paradigms, processes, meanings and contexts

Paradigms, processes and practicalities of land reform in post-conflict Sub-Saharan Africa
Chris Huggins and Benson Ochieng
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‘Customary land tenure’ in Sub-Saharan Africa today: Meanings and contexts
Johan Pottier
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Human-centred environmental security: The link between environmental care and the creation of a more secure society
Jenny Clover
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Part Two
Land reform in Sub-Saharan Africa: Case-Studies

Land, migration and conflict in eastern DRC
Koen Vlassenroot & Chris Huggins
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Land access and the return and resettlement of IDPs and refugees in Burundi
Prisca Mbura Kamungi, Johnstone Summit Oketch and Chris Huggins
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Land reform, land scarcity and post-conflict reconstruction: A case study of Rwanda
Herman Musahara and Chris Huggins
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Land reform in Angola: Establishing the ground rules
Jenny Clover
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Conclusion

Land tenure, land reform and conflict in Sub-Saharan Africa: Towards a research agenda
Chris Huggins and Johan Pottier
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