Kathryn Firmin-Sellers
Biographic Data
| ID | 1135925 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kathryn Firmin-Sellers |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kathryn |
| FAMILY NAME | Firmin-Sellers |
| SIGNATURE | FIRMIN-SELLERS K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Indiana University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 88 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Transformation of Property Rights in the Gold Coast: An Empirical Study Applying Rational Choice Theory
Introduction to Special Issue: Women, Language, and Law in Africa
A powerful woman warrior, an exotic female dancer, a wealthy market trader, a farmer with a hoe, or an elusive signifier? All these images of African women have been the subject of scholarly works over the past several decades in an effort to comprehend women's position and status in the numerous economies and cultures of Africa. Female scholars, both African and Western, have addressed their research to issues as broadly defined as women and cla…
The Reconstruction of Society: Understanding the Indigenous Response to French and British Rule in Cameroun
Babete and Akum are Bamileke kingdoms located respectively in francophone and anglophone Cameroun. In Babete indigenous political institutions exert little influence over local political and economic life. In contrast, indigenous institutions in Akum remain a vibrant force. What accounts for the difference? The difference reflects the divergent impact of French and British colonial institutions on Bamileke society.' In francophone Babete colonial…
Institutions, Context, and Outcomes: Explaining French and British Rule in West Africa
Why did Ivory Coast and Ghana adopt such different economic policies? In the 1950s Ivory Coast and Ghana shared a similar economic structure, based largely on coffee and cocoa production, and similar levels of economic development. Yet with independence Ivory Coast's Houphouet-Boigny embraced capitalism, implementing export-oriented policies favorable to the agrarian sector, while Ghana's Kwame Nkrumah espoused socialism, implementing import subs…
Expected Failures and Unexpected Successes of Land Titling in Africa
The Transformation of Property Rights in the Gold Coast: An Empirical Study Applying Rational Choice Theory
This book explores the political process by which property rights are defined and enforced in two traditional states in colonial Ghana. The case studies within the book ask how colonial institutions transformed indigenous political and economic life; and how colonization and decolonization affected prospects for future economic development and stability in Africa. The introductory chapter outlines a theory of the transformation of property rights…
The Concentration of Authority: Constitutional Creation in the Gold Coast, 1950
In the past 30 years, scholars have advanced a number of explanations for the rise of authoritarian rule throughout Africa. Scholars have attributed authoritarian rule to the weakness of the one-party state and to the legacy of colonial rule. In this paper, I argue that the roots of authoritarian rule lie in the politics of transition, the period in which the new institutions of government were first created. Drawing on the analytical insights of…
The Politics of Property Rights
The study of land tenure polarizes the field of development. Neoclassical scholars lobby for a move toward private property rights, while other economists and historians defend the maintenance of customary land tenure. I argue that the development scholars' focus on the structure of property rights obscures a more fundamental problem of land reform-that of enforcement. Property rights will not inspire individual investment and economic growth unl…
Institutions, Context, and Outcomes: Explaining French and British Rule in West Africa
Why did Ivory Coast and Ghana adopt such different economic policies? In the 1950s Ivory Coast and Ghana shared a similar economic structure, based largely on coffee and cocoa production, and similar levels of economic development. Yet with independence Ivory Coast's Houphouet-Boigny embraced capitalism, implementing export-oriented policies favorable to the agrarian sector, while Ghana's Kwame Nkrumah espoused socialism, implementing import subs…
The Politics of Property Rights
The study of land tenure polarizes the field of development. Neoclassical scholars lobby for a move toward private property rights, while other economists and historians defend the maintenance of customary land tenure. I argue that the development scholars' focus on the structure of property rights obscures a more fundamental problem of land reform-that of enforcement. Property rights will not inspire individual investment and economic growth unl…
Expected Failures and Unexpected Successes of Land Titling in Africa
The Reconstruction of Society: Understanding the Indigenous Response to French and British Rule in Cameroun
Babete and Akum are Bamileke kingdoms located respectively in francophone and anglophone Cameroun. In Babete indigenous political institutions exert little influence over local political and economic life. In contrast, indigenous institutions in Akum remain a vibrant force. What accounts for the difference? The difference reflects the divergent impact of French and British colonial institutions on Bamileke society.' In francophone Babete colonial…
The Concentration of Authority: Constitutional Creation in the Gold Coast, 1950
In the past 30 years, scholars have advanced a number of explanations for the rise of authoritarian rule throughout Africa. Scholars have attributed authoritarian rule to the weakness of the one-party state and to the legacy of colonial rule. In this paper, I argue that the roots of authoritarian rule lie in the politics of transition, the period in which the new institutions of government were first created. Drawing on the analytical insights of…
The Concentration of Authority: Constitutional Creation in the Gold Coast, 1950
In the past 30 years, scholars have advanced a number of explanations for the rise of authoritarian rule throughout Africa. Scholars have attributed authoritarian rule to the weakness of the one-party state and to the legacy of colonial rule. In this paper, I argue that the roots of authoritarian rule lie in the politics of transition, the period in which the new institutions of government were first created. Drawing on the analytical insights of…
The Politics of Property Rights
The study of land tenure polarizes the field of development. Neoclassical scholars lobby for a move toward private property rights, while other economists and historians defend the maintenance of customary land tenure. I argue that the development scholars' focus on the structure of property rights obscures a more fundamental problem of land reform-that of enforcement. Property rights will not inspire individual investment and economic growth unl…
The Transformation of Property Rights in the Gold Coast: An Empirical Study Applying Rational Choice Theory
This book explores the political process by which property rights are defined and enforced in two traditional states in colonial Ghana. The case studies within the book ask how colonial institutions transformed indigenous political and economic life; and how colonization and decolonization affected prospects for future economic development and stability in Africa. The introductory chapter outlines a theory of the transformation of property rights…
Expected Failures and Unexpected Successes of Land Titling in Africa
Institutions, Context, and Outcomes: Explaining French and British Rule in West Africa
Why did Ivory Coast and Ghana adopt such different economic policies? In the 1950s Ivory Coast and Ghana shared a similar economic structure, based largely on coffee and cocoa production, and similar levels of economic development. Yet with independence Ivory Coast's Houphouet-Boigny embraced capitalism, implementing export-oriented policies favorable to the agrarian sector, while Ghana's Kwame Nkrumah espoused socialism, implementing import subs…
The Reconstruction of Society: Understanding the Indigenous Response to French and British Rule in Cameroun
Babete and Akum are Bamileke kingdoms located respectively in francophone and anglophone Cameroun. In Babete indigenous political institutions exert little influence over local political and economic life. In contrast, indigenous institutions in Akum remain a vibrant force. What accounts for the difference? The difference reflects the divergent impact of French and British colonial institutions on Bamileke society.' In francophone Babete colonial…
Introduction to Special Issue: Women, Language, and Law in Africa
A powerful woman warrior, an exotic female dancer, a wealthy market trader, a farmer with a hoe, or an elusive signifier? All these images of African women have been the subject of scholarly works over the past several decades in an effort to comprehend women's position and status in the numerous economies and cultures of Africa. Female scholars, both African and Western, have addressed their research to issues as broadly defined as women and cla…
Transformation of Property Rights in the Gold Coast: An Empirical Study Applying Rational Choice Theory
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