2003 NO ISBN Paperback

A useful introduction. Chapters on colonization, the economy, class politics and the region. Notes, 82pp. UK. ZED BOOKS, 0862324505

New in paperback. Analyses how traditional ruling elites in Swaziland, as in other parts of Africa, use harmony ideologies to downplay and resolve land disputes. Such disputes could be used by foreign development agents or indigenous new élites as justification for implementing land tenure changes, including a reduction of traditional elites' power based upon land control. Swazi commoners accept the cultural value and legitimacy of most harmony ideologies, but they use strategies when disputing about particular land rights to produce more favourable outcomes. 254pp, UK. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS.