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Land in South Africa Contested Meanings and Nation Formation Khwezi Mabasa, Bulelwa Mabasa

Land in South Africa Contested Meanings and Nation Formation Khwezi Mabasa, Bulelwa Mabasa

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Land in South Africa: Contested Meanings and Nation Formation, examines how land and agrarian reform impacts nation building, citizenship, and identity formation. The publication draws attention to the limitations of reducing land to a commodity, and how this approach perpetuates social conflict and inequality in land reform policy implementation.The book posits an alternative policy paradigm, which discusses contested meanings of land and their relation to nation formation. It brings to the fore citizen stakeholder perspectives from former labour tenants, citizens residing in communally owned land, women subsistence farmers, peasant movements and land reform civil society groups.The chapters investigate the diverse and contested meanings of land to elevate how South Africans perceive land justice and reform, while also including several international case studies. The publication argues that land power relations and policy debates are constitutive components of nation building. And, importantly, that land shapes essential pillars in nation formation such as citizenship, political identity, heritage, a sense of belonging and social disparities.
Publisher: Mapungubwe Institute (MISTRA)
Published date: 2021-03-03
Page count: 444
Dimensions: Height:23.00 cm
Thickness:2.30 cm
Weight:500g
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