Making rights work: Towards broader role for rights mobilisation in challenging poverty and inequality in South Afric

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dc.contributor.authorTissington, Kate
dc.date.accessioned2019-04-12T10:22:00Z
dc.date.available2019-04-12T10:22:00Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.description.abstractThis paper contemplates a broader conceptualisation/role for socio-economic rights use and mobilisation in South Africa, which not only mitigates the effects of poverty and inequality but also undertakes to address the systemic causes. A brief analysis of poverty and inequality is undertaken which highlights the need for a pro-poor growth path that promotes job creation in South Africa, and the need for public spending to be more effective and efficient. Socio-economic rights are briefly contextualised and a number of critiques of rights discourse and mobilisation are advanced with a view to advocate for a broader conceptualisation of, and usefulness for, a rights-based approach to challenging poverty and inequality. Rights are described as a tactical and political tool, with lawyers having a unique role to play in this regard. Finally, some empirical evidence is discussed around two case studies dealing with litigation in the in the inner city of Johannesburg, and mobilising around informal settlement upgrading in Gauteng.en_US
dc.identifier.citationTissington, K., 2010. Making rights work: Towards broader role for rights mobilisation in challenging poverty and inequality in South Africa. Cape Town: Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS).en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/4609
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherInstitute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS)en_US
dc.subjectSocio-economic rightsen_US
dc.subjectPovertyen_US
dc.subjectInequalityen_US
dc.subjectSocial movementsen_US
dc.subjectLitigationen_US
dc.titleMaking rights work: Towards broader role for rights mobilisation in challenging poverty and inequality in South Africen_US
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