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100 1 _aScheidegger, Ursula.
245 1 0 _aTransformation from below? White Suburbia in the Transformation of Apartheid South Africa to Democracy.
250 _a1st ed.
264 1 _aOxford :
_bBasler Afrika Bibliographien,
_c2015.
264 4 _c©2015.
300 _a1 online resource (178 pages)
336 _atext
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505 0 _aCover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Social Dynamics in Two Formerly White Johannesburg Neighbourhoods. An Introduction -- 1. Social Dynamics and the Concept of Social Capital -- Introduction -- The Social Capital Debate - Social Capital as a Collective or Individual Resource -- The Role of State and Institutions in Local Communities -- The Impact of Inequality on Local Communities and Civic Engagement -- Conclusion - Is Social Capital a Useful Concept? -- 2. The Challenges of Democratic Consolidation in South Africa -- Introduction -- The Challenge of Inequality and the Limitations of Change -- The Problem of Race -- The Fight Against Crime and Violence -- Decentralisation and Local Government Reform -- The Dominance of the ANC and the Relations between the Government and the People -- 3. Urban Neighbourhoods and Challenges of Cooperation and Order -- Welcome to Johannesburg - City of Gold -- Norwood and Orange Grove -- Democratisation and Local Government Reform -- Attitudes to Public Space -- Disorder, Crime and the Privatisation of Public Space -- Towards an Integrated Community -- 4. Local Communities and the Ambiguity of Transformation -- Introduction -- The Community Police Forum -- Residents' Associations -- Business Organisations -- Local Political Structures -- The Ward Committees -- The Political Parties -- Immigrant Organisations -- Conclusion - Local Communities, Social Dynamics and Politics -- 5. Local Schools and their Impact on Integration, Civic Engagement and Neighbourhood Sociability -- Introduction -- School Enrolment in Norwood and Orange Grove after 1994 -- Consequences of Changing Admission Policies -- Changes in the Learning and Social Environment -- School Finances and Governmental Support Structures -- Education and Transformation - Schools in Norwood and Orange Grove.
505 8 _a6. Religious Communities and Responses to the Challenges of Transformation, Value Changes and Inequality -- Introduction -- Religion and Society in South Africa -- Institutions of Faith and Heterogeneity in Norwood and Orange Grove -- The Challenges of Racial, Gender and Socio-Economic Inequalities -- Engagement with Questions of Reconciliation, Complicity and Guilt -- Secularisation and Value Changes During the Transition and Democratisation -- Relations to Society and the State -- In Conclusion - Institutions of Faith and Transformation -- 7. Five Years Later - What Has Changed? -- Assessing Transformation -- Politics and Democratisation -- The Neighbourhood - Continuities and Change -- Community Organisations and the Representation of Residents -- Schools -- Religious Institutions -- Local Communities: Participation, Representation and Transformation? -- 8. Conclusion - Transformation from Below? -- Appendix -- Acronyms and abbreviations -- Bibliography -- Index -- Back cover.
588 _aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590 _aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
650 0 _aSocial change-South Africa-Johannesburg.
650 0 _aNeighborhoods-Social aspects-South Africa-Johannesburg.
650 0 _aSuburbs-Social aspects-South Africa-Johannesburg.
650 0 _aDemocratization-South Africa.
650 0 _aSouth Africa-Race relations-21st century.
650 0 _aSouth Africa-Social conditions-1994-.
655 4 _aElectronic books.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_aScheidegger, Ursula
_tTransformation from below? White Suburbia in the Transformation of Apartheid South Africa to Democracy
_dOxford : Basler Afrika Bibliographien,c2015
_z9783905758580
797 2 _aProQuest (Firm)
856 4 0 _uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=4003924
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