Ruth Hall

Ruth Hall is a professor at the Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS) at the University of the Western Cape, South Africa. Email: rhall@uwc.ac.za

State, corporate and chiefly power is being contested from below in South Africa

What is the transformative potential that emerges from these struggles around land?

By Ruth Hall

/ 14 Mar 2018

Enfrentarse al populismo autoritario: la dimensión rural

Junto a los intereses de clase y las desigualdades, la religión, las dinámicas de género, el lugar y la identidad cultural son los factores que conforman el auge del populismo autoritario en las zonas rurales. English

By Marc Edelman, Lyda Fernanda Forero, Ian Scoones, Saturnino M. Borras Jr., Wendy Wolford, Benjamin White and Ruth Hall

/ 13 Mar 2018

Confronting authoritarian populism: the rural dimension

Religion, gender dynamics, place and cultural identity – all inform rising authoritarian populism in rural areas, alongside class interests and inequalities. Mobilising alternatives to capture by regressive political forces is not straightforward.

By Marc Edelman, Lyda Fernanda Forero, Ian Scoones, Saturnino M. Borras Jr., Wendy Wolford, Benjamin White and Ruth Hall

/ 29 Jan 2018