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Land conflicts and social differentiation in eastern Uganda

Land conflicts and social differentiation in eastern Uganda
Land conflicts and social differentiation in eastern Uganda
Rising competition and conflict over land in rural sub-Saharan Africa continues to attract the attention of researchers. Recent work has especially focused on land governance, post-conflict restructuring of tenure relations, and large-scale land acquisitions. A less researched topic as of late, though one deserving of greater consideration, pertains to how social differentiation on the local-level shapes relations to land, and how these processes are rooted in specific historical developments. Drawing on fieldwork conducted in Teso sub-region of eastern Uganda, this paper analyses three specific land conflicts and situates them within a broad historical trajectory. I show how each dispute illuminates changes in class relations in Teso since the early 1990s. I argue that this current period of socioeconomic transformation, which includes the formation of a more clearly defined sub-regional middle class and elite, constitutes the most prominent period of social differentiation in Teso since the early 20th century.
0022-278X
395-422
Kandel, Matthew
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Kandel, Matthew
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Kandel, Matthew (2017) Land conflicts and social differentiation in eastern Uganda. Journal of Modern African Studies, 55 (3), 395-422. (doi:10.1017/S0022278X1700026X).

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Abstract

Rising competition and conflict over land in rural sub-Saharan Africa continues to attract the attention of researchers. Recent work has especially focused on land governance, post-conflict restructuring of tenure relations, and large-scale land acquisitions. A less researched topic as of late, though one deserving of greater consideration, pertains to how social differentiation on the local-level shapes relations to land, and how these processes are rooted in specific historical developments. Drawing on fieldwork conducted in Teso sub-region of eastern Uganda, this paper analyses three specific land conflicts and situates them within a broad historical trajectory. I show how each dispute illuminates changes in class relations in Teso since the early 1990s. I argue that this current period of socioeconomic transformation, which includes the formation of a more clearly defined sub-regional middle class and elite, constitutes the most prominent period of social differentiation in Teso since the early 20th century.

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e-pub ahead of print date: 11 August 2017
Published date: September 2017

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Local EPrints ID: 424422
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/424422
ISSN: 0022-278X
PURE UUID: cbc0e2cb-c636-4ea8-828c-60db73741607

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Date deposited: 05 Oct 2018 11:37
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 21:28

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