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Report - Paying For The Past: Addressing Past Property Violations In South Africa, Bernadette Atuahene
Report - Paying For The Past: Addressing Past Property Violations In South Africa, Bernadette Atuahene
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Paying For The Past: Addressing Past Property Violations In South Africa, Bernadette Atuahene
Paying For The Past: Addressing Past Property Violations In South Africa, Bernadette Atuahene
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Things Fall Apart: The Illegitimacy Of Property Rights In The Context Of Past Theft, Bernadette Atuahene
Things Fall Apart: The Illegitimacy Of Property Rights In The Context Of Past Theft, Bernadette Atuahene
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In many states, past property theft is a volatile political issue that threatens to destabilize nascent democracies. How does a state avoid instability when past property theft causes a significant number of people to believe that the property distribution is illegitimate? To explore this question, I first define legitimacy relying on an empirical understanding of the concept. Second, I establish the relationship between inequality, illegitimate property distribution, and instability. Third, I describe the three ways a state can achieve stability when faced with an illegitimate property distribution: by using its coercive powers, by attempting to change people’s beliefs about the …