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Contesting Transformation : Popular Resistance in Twenty-First Century South Africa.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: London : Pluto Press, 2014Copyright date: ©2014Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (313 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781849648325
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Contesting TransformationDDC classification:
  • 303.4840968
LOC classification:
  • HN801.A8.C668 2012eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- 1. Transforming Scholarship: Soberly Reflecting on the Politics of Resistance - Marcelle C. Dawson and Luke Sinwell -- 2. The Crisis of the Left in Contemporary South Africa - Dale T. McKinley -- 3. Voice, Political Mobilisation and Repression under Jacob Zuma - Jane Duncan -- 4. Barricades, Ballots and Experimentation: Making Sense of the 2011 Local Government Elections with a Social Movement Lens - Peter Alexander -- 5. Insurgent Citizenship, Class Formation and the Dual Nature of a Community Protest: A Case Study of 'Kungcatsha' - Malose Langa and Karl von Holdt -- 6. Unfolding Contradictions in the 'Zuma Movement': The Alliance in the Public Sector Strikes of 2007 and 2010 - Claire Ceruti -- 7. Labour Strikes and Community Protests: Is There a Basis for Unity in Post-Apartheid South Africa? - Trevor Ngwane -- 8. Agents of Change? Reflecting on the Impact of Social Movements in Post-Apartheid South Africa - Fiona Anciano -- 9. Resisting Privatisation: Exploring Contradictory Consciousness and Activism in the Anti-Privatisation Forum - Carin Runciman -- 10. The Challenge of Ecological Transformation in Post-Apartheid South Africa: The Re-emergence of an Environmental Justice Movement - Jacklyn Cock -- 11. 'Tacticians in the Struggle for Change'? Exploring the Dynamics between Legal Organisations and Social Movements Engaged in Rights-Based Struggles in South Africa - Kate Tissington -- 12. How the Law Shapes and Structures Post-Apartheid Social Movements: Case Study of the Khulumani Support Group - Tshepo Madlingozi -- 13. Managing Crisis and Desire in South Africa - Shannon Walsh -- 14. Transforming Contestation: Some Closing Words - Luke Sinwell and Marcelle C. Dawson -- Bibliography -- About the Authors and Editors -- Index.
Summary: A sober and critical reflection of the wave of social movement struggles which have taken place in post-Apartheid South Africa.
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Cover -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- 1. Transforming Scholarship: Soberly Reflecting on the Politics of Resistance - Marcelle C. Dawson and Luke Sinwell -- 2. The Crisis of the Left in Contemporary South Africa - Dale T. McKinley -- 3. Voice, Political Mobilisation and Repression under Jacob Zuma - Jane Duncan -- 4. Barricades, Ballots and Experimentation: Making Sense of the 2011 Local Government Elections with a Social Movement Lens - Peter Alexander -- 5. Insurgent Citizenship, Class Formation and the Dual Nature of a Community Protest: A Case Study of 'Kungcatsha' - Malose Langa and Karl von Holdt -- 6. Unfolding Contradictions in the 'Zuma Movement': The Alliance in the Public Sector Strikes of 2007 and 2010 - Claire Ceruti -- 7. Labour Strikes and Community Protests: Is There a Basis for Unity in Post-Apartheid South Africa? - Trevor Ngwane -- 8. Agents of Change? Reflecting on the Impact of Social Movements in Post-Apartheid South Africa - Fiona Anciano -- 9. Resisting Privatisation: Exploring Contradictory Consciousness and Activism in the Anti-Privatisation Forum - Carin Runciman -- 10. The Challenge of Ecological Transformation in Post-Apartheid South Africa: The Re-emergence of an Environmental Justice Movement - Jacklyn Cock -- 11. 'Tacticians in the Struggle for Change'? Exploring the Dynamics between Legal Organisations and Social Movements Engaged in Rights-Based Struggles in South Africa - Kate Tissington -- 12. How the Law Shapes and Structures Post-Apartheid Social Movements: Case Study of the Khulumani Support Group - Tshepo Madlingozi -- 13. Managing Crisis and Desire in South Africa - Shannon Walsh -- 14. Transforming Contestation: Some Closing Words - Luke Sinwell and Marcelle C. Dawson -- Bibliography -- About the Authors and Editors -- Index.

A sober and critical reflection of the wave of social movement struggles which have taken place in post-Apartheid South Africa.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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