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1. Local politics and the dynamics of property: an introduction; 2.'This situation is incongruous in the extreme': the history of land policiesin the Upper Regions of Ghana; 3. Who owns Bolgatanga? The revival of theearthpriest and emerging tensions over property; 4. Seizing opportunities:chieftaincy, land and local administration; 5. Settled facts or facts tosettle?: land conflicts under institutional uncertainty; 6. 'Bakwu is stillvolatile': ethno-political conflict and state recognition; 7. The rent ofnon-enforcement: access to forest resources; 8. Small dams and fluid tenure;9. Conclusion.