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Land Politics Land Politics examines the struggle to control land in Africa through the lens of land titling in Zambia and Senegal. Contrary to standard wisdom portraying titling as an inevitable product of economic devel- opment, Lauren Honig traces its distinctly political logic and shows how informality is maintained by local actors. The book’s analysis focuses on chiefs, customary institutions, and citizens, revealing that the strength of these institutions and an individual’s position within them impact the expansion of state authority over land rights. Honig explores common subnational patterns within the two very different countriestohighlighttheimportanteffectsoflocalinstitutions,notthe state’scapacityorprioritiesalone,onstatebuildingoutcomes.Drawing onevidencefromnationallandtitlingrecords,qualitativecasestudies, interviews, and surveys, this book contributes new insights into the persistence of institutional legacies and the political determinants of propertyrights. Lauren Honig is an assistant professor of political science at Boston College.Herresearchonpropertyrights,citizen-statelinkages,custom- aryauthority,andinformalinstitutionsinAfricahasbeenpublishedin numerous journals. She has received fellowships and grants from the National Science Foundation, Social Science Research Council, and FulbrightAssociation,amongothers. Land Politics How Customary Institutions Shape State Building in Zambia and Senegal LAUREN HONIG BostonCollege UniversityPrintingHouse,Cambridge28,UnitedKingdom OneLibertyPlaza,20thFloor,NewYork,10006,USA 477WilliamstownRoad,PortMelbourne,3207,Australia 314–321,3rdFloor,Plot3,SplendorForum,JasolaDistrictCentre, NewDelhi–110025,India 103PenangRoad,#05–06/07,VisioncrestCommercial,Singapore238467 CambridgeUniversityPressispartoftheUniversityofCambridge. 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Contents List of Figures page vii List of Tables ix Acknowledgments xi 1 Introduction: Land Titling asState Building 1 2 Plot by Plot: Customary Authority and the Incremental Expansion ofState Property Rights inAfrica 38 3 Why Institutions Matter:ATheory of Collective Costsand Customary Constraints in Land Titling 83 4 The Institutional Foundations of Land Authority in Zambia and Senegal 109 5 The Unofficial Differences amongOfficial Chiefs in Zambia: Vertical Accountability and Patterns of Land Titling 155 6 HoldingGround in Senegal:Horizontal Accountability, Institutional Legacies,and the Continuation of Customary Property Rights 202 7 Exit orEngagement: How Status within Institutions Impacts Smallholder Titling 244 8 Conclusion: The Resilience of Customary Institutions and Property Rights, Beyond State Design 278 Appendices 293 References 327 Index 353 v Figures 2.1 The gap between trust in chiefs and state actors, from largestto smallest page 47 2.2 The percentage of customary landpercountryin 2015 51 2.3 Subnational differences in land authorityin four African countries 61 2.4 Evidence of local-levelinstitutional pluralism in property rights innineteen Africancountries 64 3.1 Predictionsof the hierarchyframework 105 3.2 Predictionsof the customaryprivilege theory 106 4.1 British map ofprecolonialpolities in Zambia 113 4.2 French map of precolonialpolities in Senegal 114 4.3 Hierarchicalinstitutions in Zambia inthe colonial era 123 4.4 Hierarchicalinstitutions in Senegal in the colonialera 127 5.1 Locations of Bemba and Bisa chiefdoms,northern Zambia 172 5.2 Map ofthe rates ofland titling per district in Zambia through 2012 184 5.3 Land titling by institution type, Zambia 186 5.4 Effect of hierarchy on predicted rates of titling inZambia 188 5.5 Comparing land titling among thethreetypes ofofficial chieftaincysystemsin Zambia 189 5.6 Predictedrates of landtitlingby land values and hierarchy inZambia 192 6.1 Locations of Dagana and Podor districts,northernSenegal 218 6.2 Map ofrates of landtitling per district inSenegal, 2007–2013 233 6.3 Effect of hierarchy on predicted rates of titling inSenegal 235 vii viii List of Figures 6.4 Predicted rates of land titling by land values and hierarchy inSenegal 238 6.5 Evaluating thestrength of customary property rights indistricts with and without hierarchyin Senegal 241 7.1 Modes of landaccess, by country 251 7.2 The effect ofcustomaryprivilege on smallholder land titling at differentlevelsofincome,education,andlandvaluesinZambia 264 7.3 The effect ofcustomaryprivilege on tenuresecurityin Zambia and Senegal 269 8.1 The inverse relationship between trust in chiefs and engagement with the state 284 8.2 The inverse relationship between trust in thestate and engagement with chiefs 284 Tables 1.1 Comparing Senegal and Zambia page 30 2.1 Key differences between customary and state property rights inSenegal and Zambia 58 5.1 Chieftaincy systems inZambia 167 5.2 Summaryof attributes of Bembaand Bisa institutions in 2013 172 5.3 Effects of hierarchy on smallholder land titling in Zambia 196 7.1 Comparing householdswith and withouttitles 252 7.2 Correlatesof smallholder land titling inZambia 260 7.3 Correlatesof smallholder land titling inSenegal 265 7.4 Evaluatingsupport foralternative models of landtitling 273 A.1 Chapter5:Zambialand titles data set: Summarystatistics and variabledescriptions 294 A.2 Chapter6:Senegal land titles dataset: Summary statistics and variabledescriptions 296 A.3 Chapters5 and 7:Zambiasmallholder data set: Summary statisticsandvariable descriptions 299 A.4 Chapter7:Senegal smallholder data set: Summary statistics and variabledescriptions 302 B.1 Chapter5: Land titling and hierarchy with alternative specifications in Zambia 306 B.2 Chapter5: Balance statisticsfor probability weighted analysesof hierarchy and smallholder land titling 308 B.3 Chapter6: Land titling and hierarchy with alternative specifications in Senegal 310 B.4 Chapter6: Land rental markets,titling, andhierarchy inSenegal 312 ix
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