<p>This thesis considers different groupings that have come together in their participation in the policy processes relating to tenure reform in post-apartheid South Africa. It is methodologically and theoretically grounded in Bourdieu&rsquo / s notion of cultural &lsquo / fields&rsquo / , spaces of ongoing contestation and struggle, but in which actors develop a shared &lsquo / habitus&rsquo / , an embodied history. In these land reform policies and law-making activities, individuals and groups from different fields &ndash / the bureaucratic, activist and legal &ndash / have interacted in their contestations relating to the legitimation of their forms of knowledge. The resulting compromises are illuminated by a case study of a village in the former Gazankulu &lsquo / homeland&rsquo / &ndash / a fourth &lsquo / cultural field&rsquo / . Rather than seeing these fields as bounded, the thesis recognises the influence of wider political discourses and materialities, or the wider &lsquo / field of power&rsquo / . In each of the four very different fields, as a result of a shared history, actors within them have developed practices based upon particular shared discourses, institutions and values.</p>
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UNWC/oai:UWC_ETD:http%3A%2F%2Fetd.uwc.ac.za%2Findex.php%3Fmodule%3Detd%26action%3Dviewtitle%26id%3Dgen8Srv25Nme4_6486_1264557568 |
| Date | January 2008 |
| Creators | Fortin, Elizabeth. |
| Source Sets | Univ. of Western Cape |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis and dissertation |
| Format | |
| Coverage | ZA |
| Rights | Copyright: University of the Western Cape |
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