Land Reform in South Africa - An Uneven Transformation

This thoughtful book explores the history and ongoing dilemmas of land use and land reform in South Africa. Including both theoretical and applied examples of the evolution of South Africa's current geography of land use, the authors provide a succinct overview of land reform and evaluate the range of policies conceived over time to redress the country's stark racial land imbalance.

Sommario

Preface and Acknowledgments
1. The Multiple Meanings of Land and Agrarian Change
Part I: Theorizing Land Reform and Agrarian Change
2. Theoretical Insights for Land Reform
3. The Making of Land Policy before 1948
4. Post-1948 Land Questions and Territorial Dominance
5. Space, Race, and the Fall and Rise of Hegemonic Blocs
Part II: The Ideals versus the Realities of Land Reform
6. Continuity and Change in the Former Bantustans
7. Land Reform, Farmworkers, and Commercial Farming Areas
8. Tenure Reform and Small-Scale Agriculture in the "Colored Reserves"
9. The Land Question in National Parks
10. The Urban Built Environment and Land Claims
11. Conclusion: Land Reform for What? Reengaging Epistemological and Pragmatic Questions
References
Index

Info autore

Brent McCusker is associate professor of geography at West Virginia University. William G. Moseley is professor of geography at Macalester College. Maano Ramutsindela is professor in the Department of Environmental and Geographical Science, University of Cape Town.

Riassunto

This book explores South Africa's land reform program in the post-Apartheid era. Examining land use and land reform from a deep historical perspective, it draws on key recent case studies to assess the progress and ultimate outcome of land redistribution and restitution.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Brent McCusker, Brent Moseley Mccusker, McCusker Brent, William Moseley, William G. Moseley, Moseley William G., Maano Ramutsindela, Ramutsindela Maano
• Editore: Rowman and Littlefield
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 05.11.2015
• EAN: 9781442207165
• ISBN: 978-1-4422-0716-5
• Pagine: 224
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Geoscienze > Geografia; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Real Estate / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / African, Republic of South Africa, Politics & government, Property & real estate, Politics and government, Property and real estate, land reform