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Author McCusker, Brent, author

Title Land reform in South Africa : an uneven transformation / Brent McCusker, William G. Moseley, and Maano Ramutsindela
Published Lanham : Rowman and Littlefield, 2016

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 214 pages)
Contents 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
Summary 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Land reform -- South Africa
Land use -- Government policy -- South Africa
Land tenure -- South Africa
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Real Estate -- General.
Economic history
Land reform
Land tenure
Land use -- Government policy
SUBJECT South Africa -- Economic conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125465
Subject South Africa
Form Electronic book
Author Moseley, William G., author
Ramutsindela, Maano, author
LC no. 2021675462
ISBN 9781442207189
1442207183
9781442207189