Land divided
Land reform in South Africa for the 21st Century
Published on 14. September 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
320 pages
978-1-4314-0967-9 (ISBN)
Description
Land Divided, Land Restored is a collection of essays by leading scholars and public intellectuals that takes up the challenge of addressing land issues in ways that open up rather than close down the space for informed debate and further critical research. It explores the history of land dispossession, spatial segregation, and land use in South Africa, as well as the contemporary context for land reform, spanning the social, economic, and environmental domains. The book is illustrated with photographs from the acclaimed Iziko National Gallery exhibition, Umhlaba 1913-2013: Commemorating the 1913 Land Act.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Johannesburg
South Africa
Publishing group
Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Dimensions
Height: 245 mm
Width: 168 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
500 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4314-0967-9 (9781431409679)
Copyright in bibliographic data and cover images is held by Nielsen Book Services Limited or by the publishers or by their respective licensors: all rights reserved.
Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Ben Cousins is an emeritus professor and a Department of Science and Technology/National Research Foundation (DST/NRF) research chair in Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies at the University of the Western Cape.
Cherryl Walker is a professor of sociology and social anthropology at the University of Stellenbosch. She is the author of Landmarked.
Cherryl Walker is a professor of sociology and social anthropology at the University of Stellenbosch. She is the author of Landmarked.
Content
Looking Back: The historical legacy: Peter Delius and William Beinart: The Natives Land Act of 1913: Historical context and contemporary significance; Henry Bernstein: The different agrarian worlds of 1913 and 2013: Implications for land policy today; Jacob Dlamini: Edward Tsewu and the struggle for African property ownership: Rethinking the history of the 1913 Natives Land Act; Paul Hendler: The planning and unplanning of urban space, 1913-2013; Tim Hoffman: Changing patterns of rural land use and land cover in twentieth-century South Africa; Antjie Krog: 'Baas van die plaas': Identities of land disdain; Aninka Claassens: Law, land and custom, 1913-2013: What is at stake today?. Looking forward: current and future challenges: Ruth Hall: Mapping ANC policy development on land and agrarian reform since 1994; Sipho Pityana: The Constitution, the 'land question', citizenship and redress; Theo de Jager: Aligning land reform and the transformation of commercial agriculture; Maano Ramutsindela: Land conservation: A de facto land reform 'policy'?; Michael Aliber (UWC): The 'willing buyer/willing seller' approach to land reform: Opportunities and limitations; Mazibuko Jara: Towards an agrarian reform agenda; Cherryl Walker: Whither land restitution?; Charlie Shackleton and Sheona Shackleton: Sustainable land and agrarian reform: The importance of eco-systems services; Ben Cousins: Beyond the National Development Plan: Land and agrarian reform for 2030.