Unlawful occupation : informal settlements and urban policy in South Africa and Brazil /
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| Author / Creator: | Huchzermeyer, Marie. |
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| Imprint: | Trenton, NJ : Africa World Press, c2004. |
| Description: | xiii, 274 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5456680 |
| Summary: | In the past few years, the issue of land invasion and government responses to landlessness in the southern African region has been at the forefront of international attention. In Zimbabwe, the land crisis and its impact on the sub-continental region have been highlighted, while in South Africa, human rights awareness on the local and international levels has risen following the Grootboom judgment. By confronting the challenging questions of exclusion and unlawful occupation, this book examines the appropriateness of the informal settlement response in South Africa through a comparison with Brazil. In her book, Huchzemeyer first provides an international perspective on informal settlement intervention in Brazil and South Africa. Arguing that the South African paradigm is distorted, neither Marxist nor purely liberal, the author also tracks the development of influential international positions on settlement intervention. Then, the evolution of South Africa and Brazil's informal settlements is explored from a socio-political perspective. This detailed comparison sets forth the difference in the approaches of both countries, with South Africa employing the individualized, standardized intervention and Brazil a more responsive one. |
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| Physical Description: | xiii, 274 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-261) and index. |
| ISBN: | 1592212107 1592212115 |
