The Social Cost of Small Families & Land Reform
A Case Study of the Wataita of Kenya
- 1st Edition - October 22, 2013
- Authors: G. C. Mkangi, D. Parkin
- Language: English
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 2 - 8 6 0 2 - 0
A convincing argument against the widespread belief that rapid population growth is an obstacle to socio-economic development, while individual land ownership is a prerequisite.… Read more
A convincing argument against the widespread belief that rapid population growth is an obstacle to socio-economic development, while individual land ownership is a prerequisite. The author presents an in-depth study of traditional land tenure in Taita, Kenya, where the implementation of birth control programmes and the individualization of land tenure have failed to eradicate rural poverty and have brought about other sociopsychological problems. This book is of vital importance to development personnel to help them place the problem of population growth in its proper perspective.
Of interest to sociologists, demographers, development studies personnel, economists, and anthropologists.
(partial) Foreword, D Parkin. Acknowledgements. Introduction. The Taita: The setting. Traditional society. Colonialism and its Legacy: The coming of colonialism and the settler economy. The underdevelopment of African agriculture. Swynnerton and traditional land tenure systems. Population Growth and Socio-Economic Changes: Population growth and demographic pressure in Taita: migration as a response. Average landholding and land distribution. Population as a labour resource. Food production, consumption, and cash expenditure. Formal education: the parental gamble and the growth of a land market. Family planning: the wish, the knowledge and the practice. Conclusion. Appendices. Bibliography. Index.
- Edition: 1
- Published: October 22, 2013
- Language: English
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G. C. Mkangi
Affiliations and expertise
University of NairobiDP
D. Parkin
Affiliations and expertise
University of London, UKRead The Social Cost of Small Families & Land Reform on ScienceDirect