Patrons versus planners: The political contradictions of integrated rural development in Swaziland

Sallinger-McBride, Jan; Picard, Louis A.

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“…Traditionally, village chiefs have been at the center of this socioeconomic order. It is essentially their control over land that sustains the patronage system upon which political control in the countryside is based (Picard, 1984; Sallinger-McBride and Picard, 1986: 35). As Hilda Kuper (1980: 149) put it, ‘the power that (rulers) wield over subjects is usually referred back to the control that they have over the distribution of land’.…”

Section: Patronage Use In Historical Perspective In Swazilandmentioning

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Monarchical Rule in Swaziland: Power is Absolute but Patronage is (for) Relative(s)

Woods

2015

Journal of Asian and African Studies

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This article adopts a non-formalized decision−theoretic model to examine patronage strategies by the monarchy in Swaziland as a means to stave off threats to its hold on power. The article's main argument is that the logic of patronage is largely about controlling and monitoring local chiefs and placating royal princes with administrative positions and sources of revenue and limiting the insurrectionary potential of nontraditionalist urban groups to absolute monarchical power in Swaziland.

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Section: Patronage Use In Historical Perspective In Swazilandmentioning

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Monarchical Rule in Swaziland: Power is Absolute but Patronage is (for) Relative(s)

Woods

2015

Journal of Asian and African Studies

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“…Firstly, it touches upon a fundamental function of CTL, which is to provide Swazi households with a means of sustenance (often supplementing other sources of income). Secondly, the allocation of land is often economically and politically beneficial to traditional leaders, which may well override environmental concerns (Sallinger‐McBride and Picard, 1986; Levin, 1988).…”

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Land pressure and customary tenure: Cropland allocations in Swaziland

Waveren

2007

Natural Resources Forum

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This paper examines the effects of growing land pressure on the distribution and quality of cropland allocations on customary tenured land (CTL) in Swaziland. Within the wider Sub‐Saharan context, the reform of indigenous tenure systems is now generally seen as a process of adaptation rather than replacement. The legal recognition of (existing and future) user rights is considered a practical way forward. This essentially rights‐based approach may divert attention from technical inadequacies indigenous systems may have, particularly under conditions of increasing land pressure. The case of CTL substantiates such shortcomings. CTL has seen a marked growth in population and land allocations since Independence. This had led to concerns on the land distribution efficiency in view of the improved agricultural production required to sustain the increasing number of rural households. By analysing historical changes in the number, size and quality of cropland allocations in selected rural communities, this paper demonstrates the occurrence of a high degree of inconsistency in cropland distribution at the community level, as well as inefficient land distribution at higher levels of scale. These shortcomings threaten the sustainability of the local agricultural production systems, and will need to be addressed in any meaningful reform process.

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Political Commitment to Reform: Civil Service Reform in Swaziland

McCourt

2003

World Development

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Patrons versus planners: The political contradictions of integrated rural development in Swaziland

Cited by 5 publications

References 7 publications

Monarchical Rule in Swaziland: Power is Absolute but Patronage is (for) Relative(s)

Monarchical Rule in Swaziland: Power is Absolute but Patronage is (for) Relative(s)

Land pressure and customary tenure: Cropland allocations in Swaziland

Political Commitment to Reform: Civil Service Reform in Swaziland

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