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Squatting as Rent-seeking and Pressure-group Competition: A South African Case-Study

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  • Cedric D. Nathan

    (School of Economics, University of Cape Town, 7700 Rondebosch, Republic of South Africa)

  • Zane A. Spindler

    (Department of Economics, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby V5A 156. Canada)

Abstract

A new squatting phenomenon in South Africa is analysed from a rent-seeking, pressure-group perspective. While such squatting may play an expanded role in privatising publicly- and even privately-held land and in redistributing wealth over the near future, in the longer term its expansion will tend to be limited by rent-protecting and counter-innovation as long as this rent-seeking competition stays within the bounds set by constitutional government.

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  • Cedric D. Nathan & Zane A. Spindler, 1993. "Squatting as Rent-seeking and Pressure-group Competition: A South African Case-Study," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 30(3), pages 477-494, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:urbstu:v:30:y:1993:i:3:p:477-494
    DOI: 10.1080/00420989320080501
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