Part 1. Historical dimensions of land in Botswana: contemporary entanglements
The international landscape and its influence on land in Botswana
Reframing the governance of land: global, national, and local intersections
Institutional frameworks and governance: Kweneng Land Board and the administration of land
Part 2. The bottom-up impact of land on diverging family lifeworlds and gender relations
Families, networks, and status: grounded perspectives on access to and control over land
Transformations on the ground: the changing position of women in relation to land
Part 3. Law and space: negotiating legal plurality in Botswana
Negotiating conflict: the handling of disputes in the land tribunal
Constructing legality in the High Court and the Court of Appeal
Final reflections: the myth of a single global vision.