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Record Nr.

UNINA9910797614603321

Autore

McCusker Brent

Titolo

Land reform in South Africa : an uneven transformation / / Brent McCusker, William G. Moseley, and Maano Ramutsindela

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , [2016]

©2016

ISBN

1-4422-0718-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 p.)

Disciplina

333.3/168

Soggetti

Land reform - South Africa

Land use - Government policy - South Africa

Land tenure - South Africa

South Africa Economic conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The multiple meanings of land and agrarian change -- Theorizing land reform and agrarian change -- Theoretical insights for land reform -- The making of land policy before 1948 -- Post-1948 land questions and territorial dominance -- Space, race, and the fall and rise of hegemonic blocs -- The ideals versus the realities of land reform -- Continuity and change in the former Bantustans -- Land reform, farmworkers, and commercial farming areas -- Tenure reform and small-scale agriculture in the "coloured reserves" -- The land question in national parks -- The urban built environment and land claims -- Conclusion: land reform for what? Reengaging epistemological and pragmatic questions.

Sommario/riassunto

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.