The Agrarian Question in South Africa

This collection presents a critical political economy of the agrarian question in post-apartheid South Africa, informed by the results of research undertaken since the transition from apartheid started in 1990.

This collection presents a critical political economy of the agrarian question in post-apartheid South Africa, informed by the results of research undertaken since the transition from apartheid started in 1990. The articles cover a variety of topical, theoretical, empirical and policy issues, firmly rooted in an historical perspective.

South Africa's agrarian question - extreme and exceptional?, Henry Bernstein
the theory and practice of the agrarian question in South African Socialism, 1928-60, Allison Drew
the politics of land reform in South Africa after apartheid - perspectives, problems, prospects, Richard Leven and Daniel Weiner
the political economy of the maize "filiere", Henry Bernstein
labour organization in Western cape agriculture - an ethnic corporatism?, Joachin Ewert and Johan Hamman
livestock production and common property struggles in South Africa's agrarian reform, Ben Cousins
land reform in the eastern Free State - policy dilemmas and political conflicts, Colin Murray
the agrarian question and industrial dispersal in South Africa - agro-industrial linkages through Asian lenses, Gillian Hart
peasants speak - the land question in Mpumalanga, Richard Levin and Daniel Weiner.