'Bring Back Kaiser Matanzima': Communal Land Traditional Leaders and the Politics of Nostalgia. L.Bank and C.Mabhena

Leslie Bank and Clifford Mabhena. ‘Bring Back Kaiser Matazima’: Communal Land Traditional Leaders and the Politics of Nostalgia’ New South African Review (published in September 2011, Wits Press)
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'Quality of Life in Buffalo City: The Changing Position of Women in a post Aparthied City'L.Bank and E. Kamman

Leslie Bank and Ellen Kamman. 'Quality of Life in Buffalo City: The Changing Position of Women in a post Aparthied City' in Sirgy, M.J., Phillips, R. and Rahtz (eds) Community Quality of Life: Best Cases. Springer: New York (published in August 2011).

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‘Should Xhosa male initiation be abolished’? L. Ntombana

Luvuyo Ntombana ‘Should Xhosa male initiation be abolished’? published by the International Journal of Cultural Studies.
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‘Matrifocality Patriarchy and Globalisation: Changing Family in a South African City’ in Frontiers of Globalization: Kinship and Family Structures in Africa. L.Bank

Leslie Bank ‘Matrifocality Patriarchy and Globalisation: Changing Family in a South African City’ in Frontiers of Globalization: Kinship and Family Structures in Africa
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‘After the Communal Land Rights Act: Land, Power and Development in Rural South Africa’. L.Bank and C.Mabhena

Leslie Bank and Clifford Mabhena. ‘After the Communal Land Rights Act: Land, Power and Development in Rural South Africa’ Africanus (appearing in 2011 issue).
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Social Development, including Social Grants

FHISER is producing a new series of publications on Eastern Cape Basic Services Delivery and Socio-economic Trends. The series aims to provide up-to-date information and analysis on service delivery challenges and socio-economic trends in the Eastern Cape.
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Public Transport and Transport Infrastructure

On and Off Grid: Energy Provision

Crime, Safety and Security in Transition

Providing Basic Education

Primary Health Care and Emergency Services

Providing Water and Sanitation

Housing Delivery and State Subsidies

Poverty, Vulnerable Groups and Basic Service Delivery

Changing Migration Patterns and Basic Service Delivery in the Eastern Cape

Basic Service Delivery and Local Government

In 2006, the Fort Hare Institute of Social and Economic Research was commissioned by the Office of the Premier in the Eastern Cape, in association with the Eastern Cape Socio-economic Consultative Council (ECSEC), to undertake a comprehensive review of basic service delivery in the province.
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Overview of Service Delivery and Socio Economic Trends

MONOGRAPHS & EDITED COLLECTIONS

The Communal Land Rights Act (ClaRa) Project

FHISER periodically publishes research monographs and edited collections in focused of book length-studies. To ensure easy access to these products, they are available from free download from the FHISER website. Hard copies may be purchased from the Institute at R150.

RESEARCH REPORTS

The Research Report Series attempts to make new primary research which has been gathered for various research commissioned projects on the Eastern Cape available to a wider audience. Only selected research reports will be made available for publication.

WORKING PAPERS

The Working Paper Series presents academically orientated conference papers and works-in-progress. This series attempts to provide wider access to papers presented at FHISER workshops and conference, which might later be published in journals and books.