Land, the State, and War
Hardcover 380 pages English 9-Sep-21
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Although today's richest countries tend to have long histories of secure private property rights, legal-titling projects do little to improve the economic and political well-being of those in the developing world. This book employs a historical narrative based on secondary literature, fieldwork across thirty villages, and a nationally representative survey to explore how private property institutions develop, how they are maintained, and their relationship to the state and state-building within the context of Afghanistan. In this predominantly rural society, citizens cannot rely on the state to enforce their claims to ownership. Instead, they rely on community-based land registration, which has a long and stable history and is often more effective at protecting private property rights than state registration. In addition to contributing significantly to the literature on Afghanistan, this book makes a valuable contribution to the literature on property rights and state governance from the new institutional economics perspective.
- Author:
- Jennifer Brick Murtazashvili, Ilia Murtazashvili
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:
- 9-Sep-21
- Number of pages:
- 380 pages
- Language:
- English
- Binding:
- Hardcover
- ISBN-10:
- 1108493416
- ISBN-13:
- 9781108493413