Democratising Development: The Politics of Socio-Economic Rights in South Africa (Nijhoff Law Specials)

This book originated as a conference in June 2004 entitled "The Politics of Socio-Economic Rights in South Africa"--Preface. Description: vii, 290 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. Contents: Democratising development : the politics of socio-economic rights / Peris Jones and Kristian Stokke -- The politics of economic policy-making / Adam Habib -- Labour and politics in South Africa / Liv Tørres -- Social movements in post-apartheid South Africa / Richard Ballard -- Poverty, inequality, and the social wage / Julian May and Nina Hunter -- The judicial enforcement of socio-economic rights / Albie Sachs -- Social rights litigation as tranformation / Siri Gloppen -- Shaping, making, and breaking the law in the campaign for a national HIV/AIDS treatment plan / Mark Heywood -- The Treatment Action Campaign and the history of rights-based, patient-driven HIV/AIDS activism in South Africa / Mandisa Mbali -- Communal land rights and democracy in post-apartheid South Africa / Ben Cousins and Aninka Claassens. "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."--Jacket.…