Land, the State, and War (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781108493413)

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
ISBN-10: 1108493416
ISBN-13: 9781108493413
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 09/09/2021
Pages: 380
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.12lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d