Communal Land Rights in Zimbabwe as State Sanction and Social Control
A Narrative
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2512434 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Beacon Mbiba (0000-0002-4667-4671, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2001 |
| Volume | 71 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 426-448 |
| Publication date | 2001-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Africa (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0001-9720 • E-ISSN: 1750-0184 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.3366/afr.2001.71.3.426 |
| PMID | 19326586 |
| OpenAlex | W2057932892 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 22 |
This article takes a historical approach to argue that communal lands in Zimbabwe are a construct inherited from colonial days (prior to 1980) which governments in post-colonial Zimbabwe have found convenient to maintain rather than dismantle. The construct is not only a convenient framework for the delivery of collective consumption goods but in turn it enables the government to subtly use communal lands as a framework for social control, especially in terms of urban management. The continued existence of communal land areas and land rights also sustains processes of social control at the household level. However, these are issues that will not receive attention in land debates as long as the larger problem of redistribution of large-scale commercial farms remains unresolved
Agriculture · Colonialism · Construct (python library · Ethnology · Geography · Government (linguistics · Land law · Land rights · Land tenure · Narrative · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Redistribution (election · Sociology · State (computer science · African history and culture studies · African studies and sociopolitical issues · Land Rights and Reforms · Law
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| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,19 |
| Citation span | 2010 - 2024 (15) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |