Research Catalog

Title

Another countryside? : policy options for land and agrarian reform in South Africa / edited by Ruth Hall.

Publication

Bellville : PLAAS, School of Government, University of the Western Cape, 2009.

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Additional Authors

• Hall, Ruth.
• University of the Western Cape. Programme for Land and Agrarian Studies

Description

ix, 264 p : ill.; 27 cm.

Subject

• Land reform > South Africa
• Land tenure > South Africa
• Agriculture and state > South Africa
• South Africa > Rural conditions

Genre/Form

Internet resource.

Note

• "The redistribution of land in South Africa has been stymied for years both by policy failures and by bureaucratic obstacles... This book is a compilation of papers that explore the limits of the current approach and propose policy alternatives."--P. 4 of cover.
• "April 2009"--t.p. verso.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Additional Formats (note)

• Also available online.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction / Ruth Hall and Lionel Cliffe -- Part 1: Foundational questions about land policy Land reform for what? Land use, production and livelihoods / Ruth Hall ; Land reform how and for whom? Land demand, targeting and acquisition / Ruth Hall ; With what land rights? Tenure arrangements and support / Edward Lahiff -- Part 2: Economic and political considerations. Dynamics in the commercial farming sector / Ruth Hall ; Agricultural employment scenarios / Michael Aliber, Mompathi Baiphethi and Peter Jacobs ; Piloting alternatives in the Breede River Winelands / Mercia Andrews, Phillan Zamchiya and Ruth Hall ; The private sector and land reform / Karin Kleinbooi ; What are the political parameters? / Mazibuko Jara and Ruth Hall -- Part 3: Alternative policy options. New institutional mechanisms? / Lionel Cliffe ; Conclusions and eecommendations / Ruth Hall.

ISBN

• 9780620437448
• 0620437448

OCLC

• 426474728
• SCSB-11797928

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library