Democratising Development: The Politics of Socio-economic Rights in South Africa : [proceedings]Peris Jones, Kristian Stokke What are the prospects and means of achieving development through a democratic politics of socio-economic rights? Starting from the position that socio-economic rights are as legally and normatively valid as civil and political rights, this anthology explores the politics of acquiring and transforming socio-economic rights in South Africa. The book brings together an interdisciplinary group of leading scholars in an examination of the multifaceted politics of social and economic policy-making, rights-based political struggles and socio-economic rights litigations. The post-apartheid South African experience shows that there is no guarantee that democracy will eliminate poverty or reduce social inequality, but also that democratic institutions and politics may provide important means for asserting interests and rights in regard to development. Thus it is argued that democratic politics of socio-economic rights may democratise development while also developing democracy. |
Contents
Substantive Uncertainty | 39 |
Labour and Politics in South Africa | 55 |
Postapartheid Hardships and the Rise of a New Generation | 83 |
Balancing the Books | 101 |
Shaping Making and Breaking the Law in the Campaign | 181 |
Access to Medicines | 188 |
Using NEDLAC to Negotiate a Framework Agreement on a National Treatment Plan | 189 |
Preparing to Break the Law | 193 |
Concluding Remarks | 241 |
Communal Land Rights and Democracy in PostApartheid South Africa | 245 |
Debating Democracy | 246 |
Constituting Democratic Citizens | 248 |
The Politics of Postapartheid Land Policy | 249 |
Reforming Communal Tenure | 251 |
The Legacy of Colonial and Apartheid Land Policies | 252 |
The Land Rights Bill of 1999 | 254 |
The Civil Disobedience Campaign | 195 |
Back to Negotiations | 199 |
The Future Role of Law and Mobilisation in the Second Decade of Democracy | 205 |
References | 210 |
The Treatment Action Campaign and the History of RightsBased PatientDriven HIVAIDS Activism in South Africa | 213 |
Theorising Human Rights and Civil Society | 215 |
The Legacy of 1980s AntiApartheid Gay Rights Activism | 217 |
The Origins of a TACs Campaign for Openness in the Early 1990s | 227 |
TAC as a PostApartheid RightsBased and PatientDriven Movement | 237 |
The Communal Land Rights Bill of 2002 | 255 |
Amendments and Debates in 2003 | 258 |
Parliamentary Debates | 261 |
Amendments Public Controversy and Passage of the Act | 264 |
Communal Land Rights and Democracy in PostApartheid South Africa | 265 |
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Cornerstone or Capstone of Democracy? | 271 |
References | 285 |
About the Contributors | 287 |
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