Post-apartheid land and agrarian reform policy and practices in South Afirca -- Land agrarian reform policies from a historical perspective -- Land reform and agriculture uncoupled : the political economy of rural reform in post-apartheid South Africa -- Consultants, business plans and land reform practices -- 'Seeing like a land reform agency' : cultural politics and the contestation of community farming at Makhoba -- Land reform and newly emerging social relations on Gallawater A farm -- Property rights and land reform in the Western Cape -- 'Rent a crowd' land reform at Survive and Dikgoho land reform projects -- Locating policies in the daily practices of land reform beneficiaries : the Mighty and Wales land reform farms -- Where are the youth in land reform? The Vuki case -- Land compensation in the upper Kat River valley -- In the shadows of the cadastre : family law and custom in Rabula and Fingo Village -- Land reform, tradition and securing land for women in Namaqualand -- What constitutes 'the agrarian' in rural Eastern Cape African settlements? -- The Massive Food Production Programme -- 'Still feeding ourselves' : everyday practices of the Siyazondla Homestead Food Production Programme -- Cultivators in action, Siyazondla inaction? Trends and potentials in homestead cultivation -- Smallholder irrigation schemes as an agrarian development option for the Cape region -- Cattle and rural development in the Eastern Cape : the Nguni project revisited.
Summary:
"Notions of land and agrarian reform are now well entrenched in post-apartheid South Africa. But what this reform actually means for everyday life is not clearly understood, nor the way it will impact on the political economy. In the Shadow of Policy explores the interface between the policy of land and agrarian reform and its implementation; and between the decisions of policy 'experts' and actual livelihood experiences in the fields and homesteads of land reform projects. Starting with an overview of the socio-historical context in which land and agrarian reform policy has evolved in South Africa, the volume presents empirical case studies of land reform projects in the Northern, Western and Eastern Cape provinces. These draw on multiple voices from various sectors and provide a rich source of material and critical reflections to inform future policy and research agendas. In the Shadow of Policy will be a key reference tool for those working in the area of development studies and land policy, and for civil society groups and NGOs involved in land restitution."--Back cover.
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