Land, Memory, Reconstruction, and Justice : Perspectives on Land Claims in South Africa.
Title:
Land, Memory, Reconstruction, and Justice : Perspectives on Land Claims in South Africa.
Author:
Walker, Cherryl.
ISBN:
9780821443545
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (270 pages)
Contents:
Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction: Cherryl Walker, Anna Bohlin, Ruth Hall, and Thembela Kepe -- PART 1 CONTEXTUAL, COMPARATIVE, AND LEGAL PERSPECTIVES -- ONE Reconciling the Past, Present, and Future: The Parameters and Practices of Land Restitution in South Africa: Ruth Hall -- TWO Giving Land Back or Righting Wrongs?: Comparative Issues in the Study of Land Restitution: Derick Fay and Deborah James -- THREE Change through Jurisprudence: The Role of the Courts in Broadening the Scope of Restitution: Hanri Mostert -- PART 2 RESTITUTION VOICES: MEMORY, CONTESTATION, RECONSTRUCTION -- FOUR Urban Restitution Narratives: Black River, Cape Town: Uma Dhupelia-Mesthrie -- FIVE The Right to Land Restitution as Inspiration for Mobilization: Marc Wegerif -- SIX Choosing Cash over Land in Kalk Bay and Knysna: The Time Factor in Urban Land Claims: Anna Bohlin -- SEVEN Securing Postsettlement Support toward Sustainable Restitution: Lessons from Covie: Angela Conway and Tim Xipu -- PART 3 RESTITUTING COMMUNITY: POLITICS, IDENTITY, DEVELOPMENT -- EIGHT Acrimonious Stakeholder Politics: Reconciliation and Redevelopment in District Six: Christiaan Beyers -- NINE "Model Tribes" and Iconic Conservationists?: Tracking the Makuleke Restitution Case in Kruger National Park: Steven Robins and Kees van der Waal -- TEN The ≠Khomani San Land Claim against the Kalahari Gemsbok National Park: Requiring and Acquiring Authenticity: William Ellis -- ELEVEN The Ambiguities of Using Betterment Restitution as a Vehicle for Development: An Eastern Cape Case Study: Chris de Wet and Eric Mgujulwa -- TWELVE Land Restitution and Community Politics: The Case of Roosboom in KwaZulu-Natal: Chizuko Sato -- PART 4 RESTITUTION POLICY: LIMITS AND POSSIBILITIES.
THIRTEEN Land Claims and Comanagement of Protected Areas in South Africa: Exploring the Challenges: Thembela Kepe -- FOURTEEN Restitution in Default: Land Claims and the Redevelopment of Cato Manor, Durban: Cherryl Walker -- FIFTEEN Unfinished Business: The Role of Governmental Institutions after Restitution of Land Rights: Alan Dodson -- SIXTEEN Restitution, Agriculture, and Livelihoods: National Debates and Case Studies from Limpopo Province: Michael Aliber, Themba Maluleke, Mpfariseni Thagwana, and Tshililo Manenzhe -- SEVENTEEN Strategic Questions about Strategic Partners: Challenges and Pitfalls in South Africa's New Model of Land Restitution: Bill Derman, Edward Lahiff, and Espen Sjaastad -- Contributors -- Index.
Abstract:
Land is a significant and controversial topic in South Africa. Addressing the land claims of those dispossessed in the past has proved to be a demanding, multidimensional process. In many respects the land restitution program that was launched as part of the county's transition to democracy in 1994 has failed to meet expectations, with ordinary citizens, policymakers, and analysts questioning not only its progress but also its outcomes and parameters. Land, Memory, Reconstruction, and Justice brings together a wealth of topical material and case studies by leading experts in the field who present a rich mix of perspectives from politics, sociology, geography, social anthropology, law, history, and agricultural economics. The collection addresses both the material and the symbolic dimensions of land claims, in rural and urban contexts, and explores the complex intersection of issues confronting the restitution program, from the promotion of livelihoods to questions of rights, identity, and transitional justice. A valuable contribution to the field of land and agrarian studies, both in South Africa and internationally, it is undoubtedly the most comprehensive treatment to date of South Africa's postapartheid land claims process and will be essential reading for scholars and students of land reform for years to come.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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