Ruth Hall (born March 19, 1973) is a professor at PLAAS (the Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies) at the University of the Western Cape, which she joined in 2002.[1] A political scientist by training, she specialises in the politics and the political economy of agrarian reform, land redistribution, and poverty.

Education

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Hall holds a BSocSc from Cape Town University in Political Studies.[2] She proceeded to the UK where she obtained a MPhil in Development Studies and DPhil in Politics both from Oxford University in 1998 and 2011 respectively.[1][2]

Select publications

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Edited books

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  • Ruth Hall, ed. (2009). Another Countryside? Policy Options for Land and Agrarian Reform in South Africa. Cape Town: Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape.
  • Lungisile Ntsebeza; Ruth Hall, eds. (2007). The Land Question in South Africa: The Challenge of Transformation and Redistribution. Cape Town: Human Sciences Research Council Press.

Journal articles

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Ruth Hall UWC profile". Retrieved 22 December 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Ruth Hall Curriculum Vitae". Retrieved 21 December 2017.
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