Life in the margin
(2012) STVM11 20121Department of Political Science
- Abstract
- In this thesis I examine pastoralists’ marginalization when it comes to land ownership in Tanzania, through a Minor Field Study based on interviews. The perception on pastoralism is since colonial times very negative and their way of living do not seem appropriate for the 21st century by the government. Pastoralists face a multitude of problems such as land alienation, degraded resources, conflict and insecurity, poor social services and their land is seen as unproductive wastelands.
In 1995 a new National Land Policy was introduced in Tanzania with the aim to ensure people’s rights to land and to reduce conflict. But even though pastoralists are considered in the policy it does not seem to be better off than previous land policies for... (More) - In this thesis I examine pastoralists’ marginalization when it comes to land ownership in Tanzania, through a Minor Field Study based on interviews. The perception on pastoralism is since colonial times very negative and their way of living do not seem appropriate for the 21st century by the government. Pastoralists face a multitude of problems such as land alienation, degraded resources, conflict and insecurity, poor social services and their land is seen as unproductive wastelands.
In 1995 a new National Land Policy was introduced in Tanzania with the aim to ensure people’s rights to land and to reduce conflict. But even though pastoralists are considered in the policy it does not seem to be better off than previous land policies for many reasons.
Political marginalization of pastoralists when it comes to land ownership is related to participation in politics, education, State organization and political organization according to my operationalization of the concepts marginalization and land ownership. Furthermore I found through my interviews the additional indicators governance, corruption, perception on pastoralism and knowledge gap, which all are examined and contribute to my theory development. Both indicators from my operationalization and the additional indicators fit into the theory of social capital that is proposing a new bottom-up dynamic with support from organizations as agencies to reduce marginalization. This means pastoralists degree of marginalization when it comes to land ownership decrease as the degree of social capital increases. (Less)
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- author
- Anjert, Katarina LU
- supervisor
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- Hanna Bäck LU
- organization
- alternative title
- a Minor Field Study on pastoralism and political marginalization in Tanzania
- course
- STVM11 20121
- year
- 2012
- type
- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
- subject
- keywords
- Non-Governmental Organizations and Civil Society Organizations, Pastoralism, Land ownership, Marginalization, Social capital
- language
- English
- id
- 2970935
- date added to LUP
- 2012-09-05 16:16:21
- date last changed
- 2012-09-05 16:16:21
@misc{2970935,
abstract = {{In this thesis I examine pastoralists’ marginalization when it comes to land ownership in Tanzania, through a Minor Field Study based on interviews. The perception on pastoralism is since colonial times very negative and their way of living do not seem appropriate for the 21st century by the government. Pastoralists face a multitude of problems such as land alienation, degraded resources, conflict and insecurity, poor social services and their land is seen as unproductive wastelands.
In 1995 a new National Land Policy was introduced in Tanzania with the aim to ensure people’s rights to land and to reduce conflict. But even though pastoralists are considered in the policy it does not seem to be better off than previous land policies for many reasons.
Political marginalization of pastoralists when it comes to land ownership is related to participation in politics, education, State organization and political organization according to my operationalization of the concepts marginalization and land ownership. Furthermore I found through my interviews the additional indicators governance, corruption, perception on pastoralism and knowledge gap, which all are examined and contribute to my theory development. Both indicators from my operationalization and the additional indicators fit into the theory of social capital that is proposing a new bottom-up dynamic with support from organizations as agencies to reduce marginalization. This means pastoralists degree of marginalization when it comes to land ownership decrease as the degree of social capital increases.}},
author = {{Anjert, Katarina}},
language = {{eng}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Life in the margin}},
year = {{2012}},
}