Title Socio-economic rights in South Africa : symbols or substance? / edited by Malcolm Langford, University of Oslo ; Ben Cousins, University of the Western Cape ; Jackie Dugard, University of the Witwatersrand ; Tshepo Madlingozi, University of Pretoria

Published New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2014

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 472 pages) : illustrations Contents Introduction: Civil society and socio-economic rights / Malcolm Langford -- Constitutional jurisprudence : the first and second waves / Stuart Wilson and Jackie Dugard -- Socio-economic rights beyond the public-private law divide / Sandra Liebenberg -- Post-apartheid social movements and legal mobilisation / Tshepo Madlingozi -- Political power : social pacts, human rights, and the development agenda / Adam Habib -- Rural land tenure : the potential and limits of rights-based approaches / Ben Cousins and Ruth Hall -- Housing rights litigation : Grootboom and beyond / Malcolm Langford -- Health rights : politics, places, and the need for "sites for rights" / Peris Jones and Nyasha Chingore -- Social security rights : campaigns and courts / Beth Goldblatt and Solange Rosa -- Urban basic services : rights, reality, and resistance / Jackie Dugard -- Realising environmental rights : civic action, leverage, and litigation / Rachel Wynberg and David Fig -- Access to information and socio-economic rights : a theory of change in practice / Kristina Bentley and Richard Calland -- Gender and socio-economic rights : the case of gender-based violence and health / Liesl Gerntholtz and Jennifer MacLeod -- Migrants and mobilisation around socio-economic rights / Tara Polzer Ngwato and Zaheera Jinnah -- Concluding perspectives / Malcolm Langford, Jackie Dugard, Tshepo Madlingozi, and Ben Cousins Summary This book sets out to assess the role and impact of socio-economic strategies used by civil society actors in South Africa Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Print version record Subject Social rights -- South Africa Economic rights -- South Africa Human rights -- South Africa Civil rights -- South Africa Social justice -- South Africa Civil society -- South Africa Sociological jurisprudence. Social rights Economic rights Civil rights Civil society Human rights Social justice Sociological jurisprudence South Africa Form Electronic book Author Langford, Malcolm, editor Cousins, Ben, 1949- editor. Dugard, Jackie, editor Madlingozi, Tshepo, editor ISBN 9781107247635 1107247632 9781107248465 1107248469 1139888870 9781139888875 1107241367 9781107241367 1107250951 9781107250956 1107250129 9781107250123

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