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Author Atuahene, Bernadette, author.

Title We want what's ours : learning from South Africa's land restitution program / Bernadette Atuahene.

Publication Info. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014.

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Edition First edition.
Description 1 online resource (viii, 198 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Contents Dignity takings : a theoretical framework -- Dignity takings : the South African case -- Dignity restoration : the importance of process -- Dignity restoration : the importance of communication -- Dignity restoration : the importance of restitution awards.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary Millions of people all over the world have been displaced from their homes and property. Dispossessed individuals and communities often lose more than the physical structures they live in and their material belongings, they are also denied their dignity. These are dignity takings, and land dispossessions occurring in South Africa during colonialism and apartheid are quintessential examples. There have been numerous examples of dignity takings throughout the world, but South Africastands apart because of its unique remedial efforts. The nation has attempted to move beyond the more common step o.
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Subject Indigenous peoples -- Civil rights -- South Africa.
Indigenous peoples -- Civil rights.
South Africa.
Land reform -- Law and legislation -- South Africa.
Land reform -- Law and legislation.
Land settlement -- Law and legislation -- South Africa.
Restitution -- South Africa.
Land settlement -- Law and legislation.
Restitution.
LAW -- International.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Atuahene, Bernadette. We want what's ours. First edition 9780198714637 (OCoLC)885024200
ISBN 9780191024047 (electronic book)
019102404X (electronic book)
1306962978
9781306962971
9780198714637 (hardback)
0198714637 (hardback)