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Socio-economic rights in South Africa : symbols or substance?
Title
Socio-economic rights in South Africa : symbols or substance? / edited by Malcolm Langford, University of Oslo ; Ben Cousins, University of the Western Cape ; Jackie Dugard, University of the Witwatersrand ; Tshepo Madlingozi, University of Pretoria.
ISBN
9781107247635
1107247632
9781107248465
1107248469
9781107021143
1107021146
Publication
New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
Physical Description
1 online resource (xiv, 472 pages :) : illustrations.
Summary
This book sets out to assess the role and impact of socio-economic strategies used by civil society actors in South Africa.
Other formats
Print version: Socio-economic rights in South Africa.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 11, 2014
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction: Civil society and socio-economic rights / Malcolm Langford
Constitutional jurisprudence : the first and second waves / Stuart Wilson and Jackie Dugard
Socio-economic rights beyond the public-private law divide / Sandra Liebenberg
Post-apartheid social movements and legal mobilisation / Tshepo Madlingozi
Political power : social pacts, human rights, and the development agenda / Adam Habib
Rural land tenure : the potential and limits of rights-based approaches / Ben Cousins and Ruth Hall
Housing rights litigation : Grootboom and beyond / Malcolm Langford
Health rights : politics, places, and the need for "sites for rights" / Peris Jones and Nyasha Chingore
Social security rights : campaigns and courts / Beth Goldblatt and Solange Rosa
Urban basic services : rights, reality, and resistance / Jackie Dugard
Realising environmental rights : civic action, leverage, and litigation / Rachel Wynberg and David Fig
Access to information and socio-economic rights : a theory of change in practice / Kristina Bentley and Richard Calland
Gender and socio-economic rights : the case of gender-based violence and health / Liesl Gerntholtz and Jennifer MacLeod
Migrants and mobilisation around socio-economic rights / Tara Polzer Ngwato and Zaheera Jinnah
Concluding perspectives / Malcolm Langford, Jackie Dugard, Tshepo Madlingozi, and Ben Cousins.
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