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Ideological leaning and praxis of housing co-operatives in South Africa: Matters arising

Construction Economics and Building

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Title Ideological leaning and praxis of housing co-operatives in South Africa: Matters arising
 
Creator Jimoh, Richard
Van Wyk, Jasper
 
Subject Construction Management
Housing; Co-operatives; Ideology; Praxis; Principles; South Africa
Social housing
 
Description Social movements came about as a result of dissatisfaction felt by society from the status quo. They present their grievances through demonstrations, strikes, riots, occupation of land, boycott of business or by the development of social and economic alternatives such as self-help schemes or saving clubs. In South Africa, people join housing co-operatives because it takes a long time to wait for the Reconstruction Development Project (RDP) houses promised by the Government. The leaning of 5 housing co-operatives was examined within the context of ideology and praxis that are components of triad model. This was done through multi-case study whereby the chairpersons of the housing co-operatives were interviewed using structured interview format. Findings from the study indicated that all the housing co-operatives were not open and voluntary; also, the housing co-operatives were not administered the same way. In all, efforts were put in by the housing co-operatives in engendering the ideology of co-operatives on one hand and the government on the other hand in providing the necessary subsidy so that the gap in the housing deficit could be bridged since this fitted its policy on housing. 
 
Publisher UTS ePRESS
 
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Date 2013-06-18
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
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Interview
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://epress.lib.uts.edu.au/journals/index.php/AJCEB/article/view/3128
10.5130/AJCEB.v13i2.3128
 
Source Construction Economics and Building; Vol 13, No 2 (2013): AJCEB; 54-66
2204-9029
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://epress.lib.uts.edu.au/journals/index.php/AJCEB/article/view/3128/3493
 
Coverage South Africa
Housing co-operatives in South Africa
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Rights Copyright (c) 2013 Richard Jimoh, Jasper Van Wyk
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