Between dependence and deprivation: The interlocking nature of land alienation in Tanzania
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Between dependence and deprivation : The interlocking nature of land alienation in Tanzania. / Bluwstein, Jevgeniy; Lund, Jens Friis; Askew, Kelly; Stein, Howard; Noe, Christine; Odgaard, Rie; Maganga, Faustin; Engström, Linda.
In: Journal of Agrarian Change, Vol. 18, No. 4, 2018, p. 806-830.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Between dependence and deprivation
T2 - The interlocking nature of land alienation in Tanzania
AU - Bluwstein, Jevgeniy
AU - Lund, Jens Friis
AU - Askew, Kelly
AU - Stein, Howard
AU - Noe, Christine
AU - Odgaard, Rie
AU - Maganga, Faustin
AU - Engström, Linda
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - Studies of accumulation by dispossession in the Global South tend to focus on individual sectors, for example, large‐scale agriculture or nature conservation. Yet smallholder farmers and pastoralists are affected by multiple processes of land alienation. Drawing on the case of Tanzania, we illustrate the analytical purchase of a comprehensive examination of dynamics of land alienation across multiple sectors. To begin with, processes of land alienation through investments in agriculture, mining, conservation, and tourism dovetail with a growing social differentiation and class formation. These dynamics generate unequal patterns of land deprivation and accumulation that evolve in a context of continued land dependency for the vast majority of the rural population. Consequently, land alienation engenders responses by individuals and communities seeking to maintain control over their means of production. These responses include migration, land tenure formalization, and land transactions, that propagate across multiple localities and scales, interlocking with and further reinforcing the effects of land alienation. Various localized processes of primitive accumulation contribute to a scramble for land in the aggregate, providing justifications for policies that further drive land alienation.
AB - Studies of accumulation by dispossession in the Global South tend to focus on individual sectors, for example, large‐scale agriculture or nature conservation. Yet smallholder farmers and pastoralists are affected by multiple processes of land alienation. Drawing on the case of Tanzania, we illustrate the analytical purchase of a comprehensive examination of dynamics of land alienation across multiple sectors. To begin with, processes of land alienation through investments in agriculture, mining, conservation, and tourism dovetail with a growing social differentiation and class formation. These dynamics generate unequal patterns of land deprivation and accumulation that evolve in a context of continued land dependency for the vast majority of the rural population. Consequently, land alienation engenders responses by individuals and communities seeking to maintain control over their means of production. These responses include migration, land tenure formalization, and land transactions, that propagate across multiple localities and scales, interlocking with and further reinforcing the effects of land alienation. Various localized processes of primitive accumulation contribute to a scramble for land in the aggregate, providing justifications for policies that further drive land alienation.
KW - Tanzania
KW - accumulation by dispossession
KW - agriculture
KW - conservation
KW - land grabbing
U2 - 10.1111/joac.12271
DO - 10.1111/joac.12271
M3 - Journal article
VL - 18
SP - 806
EP - 830
JO - Journal of Agrarian Change
JF - Journal of Agrarian Change
SN - 1471-0358
IS - 4
ER -
ID: 196348514