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    • Civil society and social movements: Advocacy for land and resource rights in Africa 

      Saruchera, Munyaradzi; Odhiambo, Michael O (Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2004)
      Civil society formations in Africa have historically played an important part in the establishment of organising people in the pursuit of common goals. The majority of Africa’s people reside in rural areas where they ...
    • Clientelism as civil society? Unpacking the relationship between clientelism and democracy at the local level in South Africa 

      Anciano, Fiona (SAGE Publications, 2017)
      This article, building on analyses from the global south, attempts to reframe democratic expectations by considering where previously maligned practices such as clientelism may hold moments of democracy. It does so by ...
    • Comments on the Green Paper on land reform 2011 

      du Toit, Andries; Cousins, Ben; Hall, Ruth; Kleinbooi, Karin; Paradza, Gayno; Ukpabi, Obiozo (Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2011)
      As we have indicated in our earlier press release, the document released as a Green Paper by the Department Ministry of Rural Development and Land Reform is a great disappointment. The Green Paper is the product of a ...
    • Introduction: The Crucial Role of Mediators in Relations between States and Citizens 

      Piper, Laurence; von Lieres, Bettina (Palgrave Macmillan, 2014)
      This book sets out to answer a deceptively simple question: how do citizens and state engage in the global south? The answer is not simple; it is indeed complex and multifaceted, but we argue that much of the time this ...
    • Not waiting for Jackie O: lessons for public participation advocacy in South Africa 

      Piper, Laurence (Unisa Press, 2011)
      This article explores the significance of an important event, namely, the Pioneers of Participation workshop held in November 2009 in Cape Town, for public participation advocacy in South Africa. By tracing the shifting ...
    • Sustainable development: What's land got to do with it? 

      Turner, Stephen (Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2001)
      Ahead of the September 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg, South Africa is reviewing its plans and progress towards sustainable development. This paper argues that more attention needs to be given ...