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Contested resources: Challenges to the governance of natural resources in Southern Africa
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2002)
In this keynote address I wish to identify some
important ideas and conclusions arising out of recent
analyses of theory and practice on natural resource
management. I use these in a preliminary attempt to
argue that ...
Another countryside? Policy options for land and agrarian reform in South Africa
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2009)
Land reform in South Africa is a political project that has foundered. For years, the process has been
variously described as being ‘in crisis’, ‘at a crossroads’, ‘at an impasse’ or simply ’stuck’. This still
seems as ...
Rangelands at equilibrium and non-equilibrium recent developments in the debate around rangeland ecology and management
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2003)
The debate on equilibrium vs non-equilibrium dynamics
in pastoral systems emerged in the early 1980s, when
economists, ecologists and social scientists began to
challenge the widespread claims of overgrazing and
degradation ...
Securing land and resource rights in Africa: Pan-African perspectives
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2004)
Across the African continent the land and resource rights
of the rural poor are threatened by inappropriate policies
and institutions (including global treaties); unequal social,
political and economic relations; the ...
Annual report 2000
(Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2001)
The Programme for Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS) focuses on the land restitution and
redistribution programmes initiated by the post-apartheid democratic state; land tenure reform;
emerging regimes of natural resource ...
Annual report 2004
(Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2005)
The wider context of our research and training, and the ultimate rationale for establishing and
maintaining a centre such as PLAAS, is the key challenge of deeply entrenched poverty, as well as
the inequality to which ...
Annual report 2003
(Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2004)
Applied social science researchers generally want to see their
research influence policy and practice; those of a more activist
bent seek to ‘change the world, not simply to interpret it’.1
In its
mission statement ...
Annual report 2001
(Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2002)
PLAAS continues to grow and to take on new projects and staff. This presents a number of
challenges, not least of which is the sustainability of such growth. The year 2001 saw the
completion of a twelve month-long ...
Annual report 2006-2007
(Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2008)
Over the past two years the contradictions
inherent in South Africa’s post-apartheid growth
and development path have become increasingly
evident. Growth has not managed to reduce very
high levels of unemployment to a ...
Annual report 2002
(Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2003)
The year 2002 was an extremely busy one for PLAAS staff, and saw the initiation of many new
projects and activities, some of them qualitatively different to anything undertaken before. These
included an in-depth, national ...