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Land, Memory, Reconstruction, and Justice Perspectives on Land Claims in South Africa

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ISBN-10: 0821419277

ISBN-13: 9780821419274

Edition: 2010

Authors: Cherryl Walker, Anna Bohlin, Ruth Hall, Thembela Kepe

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In South Africa land is one of the most significant and controversial topics. Land restitution has been a complex, multidimensional process that has failed to meet the expectations with which it was initially launched in 1994. Ordinary citizens, policymakers, and analysts have begun to question progress in land reform in the years since South Africars"s transition to democracy.Land, Memory, Reconstruction, and Justicebrings 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…    
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Book details

List price: $34.95
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Ohio University Press
Publication date: 6/5/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.20" tall
Weight: 0.924
Language: English

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction
Contextual, Comparative, and Legal Prespectives
Reconciling the Past, Present, and Future
The Parameters and Practices of Land Restitution in South Africa
Giving Land Back or Righting Wrongs?
Comparative Issues in the Study of Land Restitution
Change through Jurisprudence
The Role of the Courts in Broadening the Scope of Restitution
Restitution Voices: Memory, Contestation, Reconstruction
Urban Restitution Narratives
Black River, Cape Town
The Right to Land Restitution as Inspiration for Mobilization
Choosing Cash over Land in Kalk Bay and Knysna
The Time Factor in Urban Land Claims
Securing Postsettlement Support toward Sustainable Restitution
Lessons from Covie
Restituting Community: Politics, Identity, Development
Acrimonious Stakeholder Politics
Reconciliation and Redevelopment in District Six
"Model Tribes" and Iconic Conservationists?
Tracking the Makuleke Restitution Case in Kruger National Park
The ≠ Khomani San Land Claim against the Kalahari Gemsbok National Park
Requiring and Acquiring Authenticity
The Ambiguties of Using Betterment Restitution as a Vehicle for Development
An Eastern Cape Case Study
Land Restitution and Community Politics
The Case of Roosboom in Kwazulu-Natal
Restitution Policy: Limits and Possibilities
Land Claims and Comanagement of Protected Areas in South Africa
Exploring the Challenges
Restitution in Default
Land Claims and the Redevelopment of Cato Manor, Durban
Unfinished Business
The Role of Governmental Institutions after Restitution of Land Rights
Restitution, Agriculture, and Livelihoods
National Debates and Case Studies from Limpopo Province
Strategic Questions about Strategic Partners
Challenges and Pitfalls in South Africa's New Model of Land Restitution
Contributors
Index