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Grabbing the Female Commons

Désirée Ruth Gmür

Gendered outcomes of commons and resilience grabbing by large-scale land acquisitions for forest plantations in Kilolo district, Iringa region, Tanzania

ISBN 978-3-643-80382-5
Band-Nr. 1
Jahr 2023
Seiten 360
Bindung broschiert
Reihe Ecology and Economy in Anthropology

ab 34,90 

Artikelnummer: 978-3-643-80382-5 Kategorien: ,

Beschreibung

This book explores how a British land investment in Tanzania’s Iringa region reshapes access to common pool resources. Using feminist political ecology, New Institutionalism, and Neo-Marxist theory, it examines gendered impacts on land use, food security, and resilience. From pre-colonial times to present, it traces changing institutional arrangements. Drawing on Scott’s Weapons of the Weak and Ferguson’s Anti-Politics Machine, it highlights local resistance and power dynamics in large-scale land deals.

D’esirée Gmür holds a PhD in Social Anthropology from the University of Bern, Switzerland and is a senior lecturer and researcher at the Institute of Social Anthropology and Empirical Cultural Studies (ISEK) at the University of Zurich.