Staking a claim
Law, inequality and the city in South Africa
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11904004 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Julian Brown (0000-0003-1443-251X, University of the Witwatersrand, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 48 |
| Issue | 169 |
| Publication date | 2021-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Review of African Political Economy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0305-6244 • E-ISSN: 1740-1720 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/03056244.2021.1940123 |
| OpenAlex | W3189755209 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 27 |
The adoption of socio-economic rights in the post-apartheid constitution has given activists new tools to influence the development of economic policy. This article examines how – in the context of inequality and deprivation – urban communities, the residents of informal settlements, and civil society litigants have used these tools to reshape post-apartheid urban housing policy ‘from below’. It argues that this model of action provides a powerful example of popular work to combat widening inequality in the present conjuncture, operating to remake neoliberal state policy in a way that better responds to the experiences and needs of South Africa’s urban poor
Development economics · Economics · Inequality · Law and economics · Political economy · Political science · African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues · Legal Issues in South Africa · Urban and Rural Development Challenges
Measured as poor versus feeling poor
Demographic, employment, and wage trends in South Africa
Policy, Politics and Poverty in South Africa
Housing rights in South Africa
Planning for Inclusion in South Africa
Decoding dispossession
Precarious Liberation
South Africa’s Insurgent Citizens
Describing and decomposing post-apartheid income inequality in South Africa
The World Inequality Report
Unequal citizenship in unequal cities
Contested spaces
From land dispossession to land restitution
Litigating Housing Rights in Johannesburg’s Inner City
The promise of land
Bringing Government Closer to the People'? The Daily Experience of Sub-councils in Cape Town
Accessing the State
A Short Course in Politics at the University of Abahlali baseMjondolo
The Third Force
| Citations per year | 0.25 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2022 - 2022 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |