A decade of second home tourism research in South Africa: research prospects for the developing world?

This chapter focuses our attention on an unexplained puzzle: how parts of the developing world transitioned from a moment characterized by exclusion from healthcare access (“aristocratic healthcare”) to an altogether different moment characterized by “health universalism.” Grounded in a study of Thailand, Brazil, and South Africa, it highlights the surprising role played by elites from esteemed professions who, rationally speaking, aren’t in need of healthcare or medicine themselves and who would otherwise seem to have little to gain from such policies. The chapter points to the relative success of these “professional movements” in expanding access to healthcare and AIDS treatment in Thailand and Brazil and their relative failure in South Africa. And it draws attention to the importance of holding privileged positions in the state and legal expertise in the respective policy domains during moments of heightened political competition.

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Derogation of Human Rights in Emergency Situations

Canadian Yearbook of international Law/Annuaire canadien de droit international ◽

10.1017/s0069005800013035 ◽

1979 ◽

Vol 16 ◽

pp. 92-115 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

L. C. Green

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

South Africa ◽

Human Rights ◽

Soviet Union ◽

International Politics ◽

Developing World ◽

Olympic Games ◽

The United States ◽

Emergency Situations ◽

The Soviet Union

Since Mr. Carter became President of the United States, there bas been a revival in the use of human rights as a weapon in international politics. More and more western countries have stated that they are contemplating measuring the aid they give to members of the developing world in proportion to the extent to which the latter conform to basic humanitarian standards or improve their own record in relation to observance of human rights. In addition, there have been calls for the cancellation of visits by politicians, academics, and artistic performers; for non-participation in international athletic contests — a western adaptation of the African ban of the Montreal Olympic Games because of New Zealand’s participation while the latter’s athletes were not barred from competing in South Africa; for non-participation in technical and scientific conferences; and for the breaking of town-twinning arrangements. This attitude has been fed somewhat by reason of the activities of “Helsinki watchers,” who contend that this or that country, and particularly the Soviet Union, is not living up to its human rights obligations as embodied in the Helsinki Agreement.

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TOWARDS ALTERNATIVE CONCEPTIONS OF LOCAL ECONOMIC REFORM IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD: THE CASE OF SOUTH AFRICA

South African Geographical Journal ◽

10.1080/03736245.2004.9713806 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 86 (1) ◽

pp. 39-43 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

U. PILLAY

Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

Economic Reform ◽

Developing World ◽

Alternative Conceptions

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Visible, yet unknown: Reflections on second-home development in South Africa

Urban Forum ◽

10.1007/s12132-003-0020-y ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 14 (4) ◽

pp. 379-407 ◽

Cited By ~ 23

Author(s):

Gustav Visser

Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

Second Home

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Studentification in Bloemfontein, South Africa

Bulletin of Geography. Socio-economic Series ◽

10.1515/bog-2016-0001 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 31 (31) ◽

pp. 7-17 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Anton Ackermann ◽

Gustav Visser

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

South Africa ◽

Large Scale ◽

Developing World ◽

Student Housing ◽

Higher Learning ◽

Research Attention ◽

Institutions Of Higher Learning ◽

Student Enrolment ◽

Negative Impacts

Abstract Studentification is a global phenomenon that has been prominent in urban geographical discourse since the large-scale expansion of higher education in the early 1990s. In many developed and developing world countries, expansion in student enrolment has outstripped the ability of institutions of higher learning to provide adequate accommodation. Similar trends have been recorded in South Africa. The task of this paper is to investigate studentification as experienced in one of South Africa’s secondary cities. The paper draws attention to the economic, socio-cultural, and physical characteristics of this form of student housing on host locations. It is argued that studentification holds both positive and negative impacts for the host communities of Bloemfontein. Finally, it is suggested that studentification in South Africa requires greater research attention.

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One Long Day in Copenhagen

India in a Warming World ◽

10.1093/oso/9780199498734.003.0009 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 157-168

Author(s):

Shyam Saran

Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

Developing World ◽

Developed Countries ◽

Paris Agreement ◽

Long Day ◽

India And China ◽

Negotiation Dynamics ◽

Developing And Developed Countries

The Paris Agreement of 2015 was shaped by several rounds of negotiations in decades prior. Events in Copenhagen in 2009 were pivotal in defining negotiation dynamics between developing and developed countries. This chapter offers a vivid first-hand account of the pressures and intricacies of negotiations that year. It describes the uneasy coordination between India and China as they worked to represent the interests of the developing world under the umbrella of the BASIC (Brazil, South Africa, India, and China) grouping. It also lays bare the fundamental divergence in interests between the developed and developing worlds. It does so by detailing tense side negotiations on differentiated responsibilities in reducing emissions, the financial commitments of developed countries, and systems for transparent evaluation of commitments.

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Studentification in Stellenbosch, South Africa

Urbani izziv ◽

10.5379/urbani-izziv-en-2019-30-supplement-011 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol Supplement (30) ◽

pp. 158-177 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Gustav Visser ◽

Dene Kisting

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

South Africa ◽

Urban Geography ◽

Developing World ◽

Higher Education Institutions ◽

Global South ◽

Social Character ◽

Research Attention ◽

Student Enrolment ◽

Academic Record

Globally, studentification has emerged as a prominent urban process, fast becoming entrenched in geographical discourse. Since the early 1990s, in both developed and developing world countries, an expansion in student enrolment has outstripped the ability of higher education institutions to provide adequate accommodation. These trends have been noted in South Africa too. The extent and impact of studentification on the urban geography of those places in which it has taken root is still poorly understood in both South Africa and the global South at large. This paper investigates studentification as experienced in one of South Africa’s secondary cities – Stellenbosch. An overview of generic studentification impacts is provided and the development of this process tracked. Thereafter, the motivation for living in these developments and the impacts of this process comes into view. It is argued that the areas affected by studentification have fundamentally changed in their physical and social character. Interestingly, a range of findings in the academic record were not present in the Stellenbosch context. Finally, it is suggested that studentification in South Africa requires greater research attention in a range of other urban settings in which this process has emerged. This is particularly urgent as it would appear that studentification can radically and very rapidly transform the geography of the areas in which it takes hold.

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