Drawing attention to the intricacies of land occupation, Levenson's immensely readable book opens a field for much-needed enquiry, grounded research, theorisation, debate and ultimately political conscientisation.
Zachary Levenson is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro, and a Senior Research Associate at the University of Johannesburg. His work, which combines political and urban sociology, has appeared in Qualitative Sociology, Urban Studies, the Journal of Agrarian Change, and International Sociology, among other venues.