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Socio-economic rights in South Africa : symbols or substance? / edited by Malcolm Langford et al. - xiv, 472 p. ; 24 cm

1. Introduction: Civil Society and Rights Malcolm Langford; Part I. Context and Contestation:
2. Constitutional jurisprudence: the first and second waves Stuart Wilson and Jackie Dugard;
3. Socio-economic rights beyond the public/private law divide: Sandra Liebenberg;
4. Post-apartheid social movements and legal mobilisation: Tzepo Madlingozi i;
5. Political power: social pacing, human rights and the development agenda Adam Habit; Part II. Thematic Areas:
6. Rural land tenure: the potential and limits of rights-based approaches Ben Cousins and Ruth Hall; 7. Housing rights litigation: Grootboom and beyond Malcolm Langford;
8. Health rights: politics, places and the need for 'sites for rights' Perris Jones and Nashua Chingore;
9. Social security rights: campaigns and courts (Beth Goldblatt and Solingen Rosa);
10. Urban basic services: rights, reality and resistance Jackie Dugard;
11. Realising environmental rights: civic action, leverage, and litigation Rachel Weinberg and David Fig;
12. Access to information and socio-economic rights: a theory of change in practice Kristina Bentley and Richard Calland;
13. Gender and socio-economic rights: the case of gender-based violence and health Lies Gerntholtz and Jennifer MacLeod;
14. Migrants and mobilisation around socio-economic rights Tara Pelzer Nowata and Zahra Jinnah;
15. Concluding perspectives: Malcolm Langford, Jackie Dotard, Tzepo Madlingozi and Ben Cousins.

ISBN: 9781107546226

LCCN: 2012051627

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Human rights--South Africa.
Civil rights--South Africa.
Social justice--South Africa.
Civil society--South Africa.
Sociological jurisprudence.

Dewey Class. No.: 330 LAN