Ruth Hall
University of the Western Cape
79 Papers
1K Citations
Ruth Hall is an academic researcher from University of the Western Cape. The author has contributed to research in topics: Land reform & Land tenure. The author has an hindex of 30, co-authored 75 publications. Previous affiliations of Ruth Hall include Stellenbosch University.
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Papers
Towards a better understanding of global land grabbing: an editorial introduction
TL;DR: In this paper, the convergence of global crises in food, energy, finance, and the environment has driven a dramatic revaluation of land ownership, and powerful transnational and national...
The new enclosures: critical perspectives on corporate land deals
TL;DR: In this article, the authors use the tools of agrarian political economy to explore the rapid growth and complex dynamics of large-scale land deals in recent years, with a special focus on the implications of big land deals for property and labour regimes, labour processes and structures of accumulation.
Resistance, acquiescence or incorporation? An introduction to land grabbing and political reactions ‘from below’
TL;DR: The authors introduce a collection of ground-breaking studies that discuss responses that range from various types of organized and everyday resistance to demands for incorporation or for better terms of incorporation into land deals.
Governing Global Land Deals: The Role of the State in the Rush for Land
TL;DR: The role of the state in the pursuit of land is discussed in this article, where Wolford, Wolford et al. discuss the role of state involvement, land-grabbing and counter-insurgency in Colombia.
Land grabbing in Southern Africa: the many faces of the investor rush
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors proposed a schematic analytical framework for distinguishing between different types of land deals and considered the implications for different land deals in Southern Africa and considered their implications for the implications of land grabbing.
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