Ally, Bashiru2019-11-142020-01-072019-11-142020-01-072015Ally, B. (2015) State and market in urban land conflicts: the case of Dar es salaam city, Tanzania: 1995-2015, Doctoral dissertation, University of Dar es Salaam, Dar es Salaamhttp://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/3072Available in print form, East Africana Collection, Dr. Wilbert Chagula Library, Class mark (THS EAF HD987.A44)This study sought to examine and explain the nature and causes of persistent urban land conflicts in Dar es Salaam since the adoption of the market-oriented land policy framework in 1995. In pursuit of the overall objective of the study, empirical evidence was gathered mainly through qualitative methods of data collection namely in-depth interviews, participant observation and review of relevant documents and literature. Overall, the study findings have revealed that urban land conflicts in Dar es Salaam are mainly rooted in the politics and policies of dispossession which are legimised and enforced through the institutional framework of the state. Such politics and policies of dispossession are fostering legal and extra-legal activities and practices in the land market such as coercion, violence, predation, corruption, swindling, manipulation of laws, land speculation and unethical conduct of some state officials and professionals. In addition, urban land conflicts are largely caused by the excessive power and influence of officials in the executive arm of the state over access and control of land. The main policy issue which has emerged out of the study findings is on the need for fostering democratic principles of urban land administration and planning. To realise this policy reform proposal, it is highly recommended that the existing market-oriented and state-backed land policy framework has to be subjected to rigorous and open national public policy debateenLand use urbanLand tenureLand reformDar es Salaam CityTanzaniaThesis