Directions for land reform – what might another Green Paper propose? Alternative options and their ideological underpinnings
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2012
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International and SA debates: 4 broad approaches & loose coalitions
• “Modernist-conservative”/modernisation: support the existing structure of agriculture (capital intensive farming in large units) but deracialise LSCF sector to ease political tensions
• “Neo-liberal”/efficiency & equity: remove economic distortions, liberalise markets, redistribute to efficient small farmers, acquire
land throughmarket-based land reform
• “Welfarist”/poverty alleviation: land and farming as a supplement to employment and grants
• “Radical populist”/structural transformation: redistribute wealth & power to rural poor, support diverse land-based livelihoods,
expropriate land without compensation
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Land reform, Green paper
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Cousins, B. nd. Directions for land reform – what might another Green Paper propose? Alternative options and their ideological underpinnings [Power {Point Presentation]