Dr. Marshall Murphree is a prominent scholar in the ÿelds of common
property theory, rural development, and natural resource management.
After graduating from the London School of Economics with a doctorate in
social anthropology, he returned home to Zimbabwe to work as a
missionary before joining the University of Zimbabwe, where he became
director, and subsequently Professor Emeritus, of the Centre for Applied
Social Sciences. Beyond Proprietorship presents a range of contributions
to the May 2007 conference held to honour Murphree's work, and it
conveys his central concerns of equality and fairness. The focus is on
marginalised people living in poor and remote regions of Zimbabwe, but
also includes important discussions about the policy implications of
regional tenure regimes, and the place of local resource management in
global conservation politics. The book is essential reading for anyone
interested in the recent history and experience of remote area
development, semi-arid agriculture, conservation, and wildlife
utilisation in southern Africa.