Michael Madison Walker
Biographic Data
| ID | 130232 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michael Madison Walker |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michael Madison |
| FAMILY NAME | Walker |
| SIGNATURE | WALKER M M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Dowling College |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5207-6950 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 23 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Something Good but Nothing to Be Proud of
Protecting Smallholder Land Rights in Mozambique, 1997-2017
Mozambique's land law is notable for its intent to balance the recognition and protection of smallholder land use rights with attracting foreign and domestic investment to rural areas. However, the state's legitimacy may be undermined through the process of recognition, as state actors and local elites circumvent the law for private gain. Walker focuses on two areas where the law has failed to protect smallholder rights: issues of women's land ri…
Negotiating access to water in central Mozambique
Access to water underpins a range of smallholder livelihood strategies. Consequently, it is the intersections of water and land use and access that structure rural livelihoods. Drawing on eighteen months of ethnographic research in the town of Sussundenga in central Mozambique, this article examines how residents differentiated by class and gender negotiate access to water under a fragmented water regime. Increasing competition for commercially v…
Land Contestation at the Micro Scale
A Spatio-Temporal Mosaic of Land Use and Access in Central Mozambique
This article examines the spatial and temporal dimensions of access to land in Sussundenga District in central Mozambique. The article suggests that access to land is not only a socially embedded process, but is also spatialised through the area's history of settlement, colonial eviction, postcolonial resettlement, and war-induced displacement, creating a context of multiple and overlapping land claims and forms of authority to substantiate vario…
From Enslavement to Environmentalism
Is the Sogs an Accurate Measure of Pathological Gambling Among Children, Adolescents and Adults?
Land Contestation at the Micro Scale
Negotiating access to water in central Mozambique
Access to water underpins a range of smallholder livelihood strategies. Consequently, it is the intersections of water and land use and access that structure rural livelihoods. Drawing on eighteen months of ethnographic research in the town of Sussundenga in central Mozambique, this article examines how residents differentiated by class and gender negotiate access to water under a fragmented water regime. Increasing competition for commercially v…
A Spatio-Temporal Mosaic of Land Use and Access in Central Mozambique
This article examines the spatial and temporal dimensions of access to land in Sussundenga District in central Mozambique. The article suggests that access to land is not only a socially embedded process, but is also spatialised through the area's history of settlement, colonial eviction, postcolonial resettlement, and war-induced displacement, creating a context of multiple and overlapping land claims and forms of authority to substantiate vario…
Protecting Smallholder Land Rights in Mozambique, 1997-2017
Mozambique's land law is notable for its intent to balance the recognition and protection of smallholder land use rights with attracting foreign and domestic investment to rural areas. However, the state's legitimacy may be undermined through the process of recognition, as state actors and local elites circumvent the law for private gain. Walker focuses on two areas where the law has failed to protect smallholder rights: issues of women's land ri…
Is the Sogs an Accurate Measure of Pathological Gambling Among Children, Adolescents and Adults?
From Enslavement to Environmentalism
A Spatio-Temporal Mosaic of Land Use and Access in Central Mozambique
This article examines the spatial and temporal dimensions of access to land in Sussundenga District in central Mozambique. The article suggests that access to land is not only a socially embedded process, but is also spatialised through the area's history of settlement, colonial eviction, postcolonial resettlement, and war-induced displacement, creating a context of multiple and overlapping land claims and forms of authority to substantiate vario…
Land Contestation at the Micro Scale
Negotiating access to water in central Mozambique
Access to water underpins a range of smallholder livelihood strategies. Consequently, it is the intersections of water and land use and access that structure rural livelihoods. Drawing on eighteen months of ethnographic research in the town of Sussundenga in central Mozambique, this article examines how residents differentiated by class and gender negotiate access to water under a fragmented water regime. Increasing competition for commercially v…
Protecting Smallholder Land Rights in Mozambique, 1997-2017
Mozambique's land law is notable for its intent to balance the recognition and protection of smallholder land use rights with attracting foreign and domestic investment to rural areas. However, the state's legitimacy may be undermined through the process of recognition, as state actors and local elites circumvent the law for private gain. Walker focuses on two areas where the law has failed to protect smallholder rights: issues of women's land ri…
Something Good but Nothing to Be Proud of
Political science (5 works) · Geography (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development (3 works) · Business (3 works) · Ecology (3 works) · Land Rights and Reforms (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Agriculture (2 works)