Since the end of apartheid rule in South Africa, much has been written on the nation's reconstruction in theoretical terms, while individual case studies have been examined to see how they reflect the transformation process. This book makes the link between the two types of analysis, firstly examining the national strategies of reconstruction and then looking at how they are implemented and contested locally. Various case studies explore issues of land reform and attempts by the new government to collapse racial barriers in space by re-mapping cities and towns. Such state-driven programmes provoke mixed reactions from the communities, often resulting in dispute. Focusing on spatial restructuring of rural areas, the book highlights the challenges of integrating "traditional" and modern power structures. It simultaneously captures the dynamics of socio-political change at national and local levels and provides an analysis of the challenges of integration to one of the world's most divided societies.

Unfrozen Ground: South Africa's Contested Spaces

Politics & Social Sciences

Ramutsindela, Maano

Social Sciences

Ashgate Pub Ltd

Sponsoring Nature: Environmental Philanthropy for Conservation

Saving the world's flora and fauna, especially high-profile examples such as chimpanzees, whales and the tropical rain forests, is big business. Individuals and companies channel their resources to the preservation of nature through various ways, one of which is the funding of environmental non-governmental organizations (ENGOs) and community-based organizations (CBOs). This book is the first to comprehensively address this issue and focus on a dominant theme in environmental philanthropy, the links between ENGOs and CBOs and their sponsors, especially the private sector. It has been argued that donor support is based on recipient's perceived expertise and needs, with no favouritism of flagship environmental organizations as recipients of donor funds. A counterview holds that the private sector prefers to fund mainstream ENGOs for environmental research and policy reforms congenial to industrial capital. The authors show that the debate about these arguments, together with the empirical evidence on which they are based, may shed light on certain aspects of the nature of environmental philanthropy. The book evaluates practical examples of environmental philanthropy from Africa and elsewhere against philosophical questions about the material and geographical expressions of philanthropy, and the North-South connections among philanthropists and ENGOs and CBOs.

Spierenburg, Marja

Wels, Harry

Reference

Routledge

This thoughtful book explores the history and ongoing dilemmas of land use and land reform in South Africa. Including both theoretical and applied examples of the evolution of South Africa’s current geography of land use, the authors provide a succinct overview of land reform and evaluate the range of policies conceived over time to redress the country’s stark racial land imbalance. Drawing on compelling case studies from across South Africa, they illustrate not only the progress of land reform, but also how reforms fit within the larger historical context of racialized land use. This is the first book of its kind to fully apply geographical theory to the case of South African land reform. Rather than rely on one-dimensional technicist explanations to discuss the shortcomings of the country’s land reform program, this rich study places it in the context of bitter battles between groups seeking to exploit land policies for their own benefit.

Land Reform in South Africa: An Uneven Transformation

Business & Money

Moseley, William G.

McCusker, Brent

Real Estate

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Saving the world's flora and fauna, especially high-profile examples such as chimpanzees, whales and the tropical rain forests, is big business. Individuals and companies channel their resources to the preservation of nature through various ways, one of which is the funding of environmental non-governmental organizations (ENGOs) and community-based organizations (CBOs). This book is the first to comprehensively address this issue and focus on a dominant theme in environmental philanthropy, the links between ENGOs and CBOs and their sponsors, especially the private sector.  It has been argued that donor support is based on recipient's perceived expertise and needs, with no favouritism of flagship environmental organizations as recipients of donor funds. A counterview holds that the private sector prefers to fund mainstream ENGOs for environmental research and policy reforms congenial to industrial capital. The authors show that the debate about these arguments, together with the empirical evidence on which they are based, may shed light on certain aspects of the nature of environmental philanthropy. The book evaluates practical examples of environmental philanthropy from Africa and elsewhere against philosophical questions about the material and geographical expressions of philanthropy, and the North-South connections among philanthropists and ENGOs and CBOs.

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