Deborah James

Gaining Ground?

Rights and Property in South African Land Reform

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Produktbeschreibung

Mugabe's policy of land seizures in Zimbabwe raised concerns in South Africa. Set amidst these conflicts, Gaining Ground? shows how land reform policy and practice in post-apartheid South Africa has been produced and contested. Winner of the inaugural Elliott P. Skinner Book Award of the Association of Africanist Anthropology, 2008

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 298
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. November 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 163mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 626g
• ISBN-13: 9781904385622
• ISBN-10: 1904385621
• Artikelnr.: 22579820

Autorenporträt

Deborah James is a Reader in the Department of Anthropology, LSE.

Inhaltsangabe

'Rights' or 'Property'?: State, Society, the Law and the Landless in South
Africa. 'A Sentimental Attachment to the Neighbourhood'. Expanding
Restitution: The Question of Informal Rights. Challenging Restitution:
African Owners, African Tenants and the Politics of Land Reform. 'To Take
Back the Land': Labour Tenancy and the Landless Peoples' Movement. Between
Public and Private: New Property Models. Rights, Welfare or the Market?:
The New Redistribution. Land, Power and People: Chiefs, Brokers and
Intermediaries. White Power, Black Redress: The Racial Politics of Land
Reform. Conclusion