How Long to Read The Promise of Land: Undoing a Century Of Dispossession in South Africa

How Long Does it Take to Read The Promise of Land: Undoing a Century Of Dispossession in South Africa?

It takes the average reader 6 hours and 47 minutes to read The Promise of Land: Undoing a Century Of Dispossession in South Africa by Fred; Ntsebeza Hendricks, Lungisile; Helliker Kirk

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

The starting point for this book is that the current land reform policies in the country fail to take this colonial context of division and exclusion into account. As a result, there is an abiding land crisis in South Africa. The book examines the many dimensions of this crisis in urban areas, commercial farming areas and communal areas. It argues for a fundamental change in approach to move beyond the impasse in both policy and thinking about land. Of particular importance is that social movements have a critical role to play in charting a new course, both in respect of access to land and in influencing broader policy options. Struggles from below are crucial for rethinking purely statist efforts at land reform and the book grapples with the interplay between oppositional campaigns of social movements and the state’s policies and responses. Essentially, the book argues that in South Africa the 1994 transition from apartheid to democracy has not translated into a process of decolonisation. In fact, the very bases of colonialism and apartheid remain intact, since racial inequalities in both access to and ownership of land continue today. With state-driven attempts at land reform having failed to meet even their own targets, a fundamental change in approach is necessary for South Africa to move beyond the deadlock that prevails between the objectives of the policy, and the means for realising them. It is also necessary to question the targets set for land redistribution: Will these really assist in changes for the majority?

How long is The Promise of Land: Undoing a Century Of Dispossession in South Africa?

The Promise of Land: Undoing a Century Of Dispossession in South Africa by Fred; Ntsebeza Hendricks, Lungisile; Helliker Kirk is 403 pages long, and a total of 101,959 words.

This makes it 136% the length of the average book. It also has 125% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Promise of Land: Undoing a Century Of Dispossession in South Africa Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 9 hours and 17 minutes to read The Promise of Land: Undoing a Century Of Dispossession in South Africa aloud.

What Reading Level is The Promise of Land: Undoing a Century Of Dispossession in South Africa?

The Promise of Land: Undoing a Century Of Dispossession in South Africa is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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