{"product_id":"socio-economic-rights-in-south-africa-symbols-or-substance-paperback-9781107546226","title":"Socio-Economic Rights in South Africa; Symbols or Substance? (Paperback \/ softback) 9781107546226","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eSocio-Economic Rights in South Africa\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eSymbols or Substance?\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book sets out to assess the role and impact of socio-economic strategies used by civil society actors in South Africa.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMalcolm Langford (Edited by), Ben Cousins (Edited by), Jackie Dugard (Edited by), Tshepo Madlingozi (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781107546226, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 6 August 2015\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e488 pages, 10 b\/w illus.  19 tables\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm, 0.65 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'Dugard, Cousins, Langford, and Madlingozi - clear voices that understand the power and limitation of rights language - have edited a pioneering work that should both inspire and chastise the South African human rights movement. They insightfully show a state and civil society seduced by the medium of economic and social rights, and how rights-based strategies can be dynamic, but also vulnerable to capture by the status quo. One cannot but conclude that the South African laboratory proves that the rights discourse is not a path for total liberation from human privation.' Makau Mutua, SUNY Distinguished Professor and Floyd H. and Hilda L. Hurst Faculty Scholar, State University of New York\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe embrace of socio-economic rights in South Africa has featured prominently in scholarship on constitution making, legal jurisprudence and social mobilisation. But the development has attracted critics who claim that this turn to rights has not generated social transformation in practice. This book sets out to assess one part of the puzzle and asks what has been the role and impact of socio-economic strategies used by civil society actors. Focusing on a range of socio-economic rights and national trends in law and political economy, the book's authors show how socio-economic rights have influenced the development of civil society discourse and action. The evidence suggests that some strategies have achieved material and political impact but this is conditional on the nature of the claim, degree of mobilisation and alliance building, and underlying constraints.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Introduction: civil society and rights Malcolm Langford\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Context and Contestation: 2. Constitutional jurisprudence: the first and second waves Stuart Wilson and Jackie Dugard\u003cbr\u003e 3. Socio-economic rights beyond the public\/private law divide Sandra Liebenberg\u003cbr\u003e 4. Post-apartheid social movements and legal mobilisation Tshepo Madlingozi\u003cbr\u003e 5. Political power: social pacting, human rights and the development agenda Adam Habib\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Thematic Areas: 6. Rural land tenure: the potential and limits of rights-based approaches Ben Cousins and Ruth Hall\u003cbr\u003e 7. Housing rights litigation: Grootboom and beyond Malcolm Langford\u003cbr\u003e 8. Health rights: politics, places and the need for 'sites for rights' Peris Jones and Nyasha Chingore\u003cbr\u003e 9. Social security rights: campaigns and courts Beth Goldblatt and Solange Rosa\u003cbr\u003e 10. Urban basic services: rights, reality and resistance Jackie Dugard\u003cbr\u003e 11. Realising environmental rights: civic action, leverage, and litigation Rachel Wynberg and David Fig\u003cbr\u003e 12. Access to information and socio-economic rights: a theory of change in practice Kristina Bentley and Richard Calland\u003cbr\u003e 13. Gender and socio-economic rights: the case of gender-based violence and health Liesl Gerntholtz and Jennifer MacLeod\u003cbr\u003e 14. Migrants and mobilisation around socio-economic rights Tara Polzer Ngwato and Zaheera Jinnah\u003cbr\u003e 15. Concluding perspectives Malcolm Langford, Jackie Dugard, Tshepo Madlingozi and Ben Cousins.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Human rights \u0026amp; civil liberties law [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Human rights \u0026amp; civil liberties law\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Human%20rights%20\u0026amp;%20civil%20liberties%20law%20%5BLNDC%5D%22\"\u003eLNDC\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46265766576408,"sku":"9781107546226","price":36.97,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781107546226i.jpg?v=1696755401","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/socio-economic-rights-in-south-africa-symbols-or-substance-paperback-9781107546226","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}