Land, the State, and War

Erscheinungsjahr 2021
ISBN: 978-1-108-49341-3
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 380 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 530 g

Reihe: Cambridge Studies in Economics, Choice, and Society

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Murtazashvili, Jennifer Brick

Murtazashvili, Ilia

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht Verwaltungsrecht
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Wirtschafts- und Finanzpolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Gewalt Revolutionäre Gruppen und Bewegungen, Bewaffnete Konflikte
• Rechtswissenschaften Bürgerliches Recht Sachenrecht
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Wirtschaftspolitik, politische Ökonomie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction; 2. A theory of property rights; 3. Property rights and state building; 4. Property rights and war; 5. Self-governance of property rights; 6. Self-governance, war, and the commons; 7. Self-governance, legal titling, and the state; 8. Are property rights a cause or consequence of political order?; References.

Über Autor(innen)

Murtazashvili, Jennifer Brick
Jennifer Brick Murtazashvili is Associate Professor in the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh. She is the author of Informal Order and the State in Afghanistan (2016).

Murtazashvili, Ilia
Ilia Murtazashvili is Associate Professor in the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh. He is the author of The Political Economy of the American Frontier (2013) and co-author of The Origins and Consequences of Property Rights (2020).