| dc.creator | Okoth, Ogendo | |
| dc.creator | Hastings, W. O. | |
| dc.date | 2011-04-11T11:28:57Z | |
| dc.date | 2011-04-11T11:28:57Z | |
| dc.date | 1974-08 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2012-11-10T12:58:00Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2012-11-10T12:58:00Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 10-11-12 | |
| dc.identifier | Okoth, Ogendo and Hastings, W. O. (1974) Property theory and land-use analysis: an essay in the political economy of ideas. Discussion Paper 209, Nairobi: Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi | |
| dc.identifier | http://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handle/123456789/621 | |
| dc.identifier | 318192 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/handle/123456789/1914 | |
| dc.description | This paper is concerned with one issue only. It argues that
the development of adequate theory for social science research in
Africa must be predicated on a proper appreciation of the social
foundations of the conceptual and methodological tools we have inherited
from Western or other bodies of social science. We need to do
this in order to determine the suitability of these ideas to specific
analytical tasks in our societies. The paper then proceeds to examine
this argument in relation to law and land use analysis. The conclusion
reached is that existing 'legal' and 'social' theories of law do not
offer an adequate framework for the analysis of land relations in African
societies. It therefore calls for more systematic investigation in
this regard and, more particularly, the search for alternative forms of
clarifying legal relations not only in the narrow sphere of land
relations but more generally in society. | |
| dc.language | en | |
| dc.publisher | Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi | |
| dc.relation | Discussion Papers;209 | |
| dc.rights | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ | |
| dc.rights | Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi | |
| dc.subject | Rights | |
| dc.title | Property theory and land-use analysis: an essay in the political economy of ideas | |
| dc.type | Series paper (non-IDS) | |
