Ruth Hall (academic) explained

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

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

Edited books

• Book: Ruth Hall. 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.
• Book: Lungisile Ntsebeza. Ruth Hall. 2007. The Land Question in South Africa: The Challenge of Transformation and Redistribution. Cape Town. Human Sciences Research Council Press.

Journal articles

• Ruth Hall. A Political Economy of Land Reform in South Africa. Review of African Political Economy. 31. 100. 2004. 213–227. 10.1080/0305624042000262257. 4006888. 152468872. 10.1080/0305624042000262257. free.
• Ruth Hall. 2011. Land Grabbing in Southern Africa: The many faces of the investor rush. Review of African Political Economy. 38. 128. 193–214. 10.1080/03056244.2011.582753. 154145307 . free.
• Ruth Hall. Wendy Wolford. Saturnino M. Borras. Ian Scoones. Ben White. 2013. Governing Global Land Deals: The Role of the State in the Rush for Land. Development and Change. 44. 2. 189–210. 10.1111/dech.12017. 10566/3197. free.

External links

• Faculty website
• Ruth Hall on Google Scholar
• Ruth Hall on Twitter
• Ruth Hall on The Conversation
• Ruth Hall on Academia
• Ruth Hall on ResearchGate

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ruth Hall UWC profile. December 22, 2017.
2. Web site: Ruth Hall Curriculum Vitae. December 21, 2017.