Browsing Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences by Author "Cousins, Ben"

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    • Submission to the Constitutional Review Committee 

      Hall, Ruth; Cousins, Ben (Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2018)

    • Submission to the Constitutional Review Committee 

      Hall, Ruth; Cousins, Ben (Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2018)
      The Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS) is a constituent unit of the School of Government at the University of the Western Cape which was established in 1995. PLAAS engages in research, training, policy ...

    • What are the real implications of reopening land claims? 

      Cousins, Ben; Hall, Ruth; Dubb, Alex (Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2014)
      The Restitution of Land Rights Amendment Act of 2014 has reopened the land claims process for another five years, extending the deadline to 2019. An impact assessment commissioned by the Department of Rural Development ...

    • What is a ‘smallholder’? Class-analytic perspectives on small-scale farming and agrarian reform in South Africa 

      Cousins, Ben (Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2009)
      It is often argued that the primary beneficiaries of land reform in South Africa should be ‘the rural poor’ and ‘smallholders’, rather than ‘emerging commercial farmers’. The term ‘smallholder’ is problematic, however, ...

    • Why land invasions will happen here too ..... 

      Cousins, Ben (Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2000)
      Will Zimbabwean-style land invasions take place in South Africa at some point in the future? In my view – yes, it is likely that they will, despite the great differences between the political economies of the two countries. ...

    • Will formalising property rights reduce poverty in South Africa’s ‘second economy’? 

      Cousins, Ben; Cousins, Tessa; Hornby, Donna; Kingwill, Rosalie; Royston, Lauren; Smit, Warren (Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2005)
      De Soto’s influential book The mystery of capital offers a simple yet beguiling message: capitalism can be made to work for the poor, through formalising their property rights in houses, land and small businesses. This ...

    • Women's land rights and social change in rural South Africa: the case of Msinga, KwaZulu-Natal 

      Cousins, Ben (Juta Law, 2013)
      Changing marriage practices and a continuing decline in marriage rates are generating tensions in rural South Africa and prompting innovations in the character of women's rights to land. Empirical evidence of changing ...