Land reform and the new elite: Exclusion of the poor from communal land in Namaqualand, South Africa

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 818-833

  Lebert, T ^a   Rohde, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Elite capture; Municipal commonage; Pastoralism; Rangeland management

Indexed keywords

APARTHEID; LAND DEGRADATION; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND REFORM; LAND USE; PASTORALISM; PRIVATE LAND; PRIVATIZATION; RANGELAND; SUBSISTENCE AGRICULTURE;

AFRICA; NAMAQUALAND; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 34249286566     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2006.03.023     Document Type: Article

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