Browsing Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS) by Subject "Civil society"

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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 ...

    • 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 ...

    • 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 ...