Land, Memory, Reconstruction, and Justice

Land, Memory, Reconstruction, and Justice
Author: Cherryl Walker
Publisher: Ohio University Press
Total Pages: 350
Release: 2010-08-17
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0821419277

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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. Land, Memory, Reconstruction, and Justice brings 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 and the symbolic dimensions of land claims, in rural and urban contexts, and explores the complex intersection of issues confronting the restitution program, from the promotion of livelihoods to questions of rights, identity, and transitional justice.