Gaining ground : "rights" and "property" in South African land reform / Deborah James.

Includes list of figures and illustrations, list of acronyms, map of mpumalanga, bibliography and index.

'Rights' or 'property'? -- State, society, the law and the landless in South Africa -- 'A sentimental attachment to the neighbourhood' -- Expanding restitution : the question of informal rights -- Challenging restitution : African owners, African tenants, and the politics of land reform -- 'To take back the land' : labour tenancy and the landless peoples' movement -- Between public and private : new property models -- Rights, welfare or the market? the new redistribution -- Land, power and people : chiefs, brokers and intermediaries -- White power, black redress : the racial politics of land reform -- Conclusion.