Contesting Transformation

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Contesting Transformation is a sober and critical reflection on the wave of social movement struggles which have taken place in post-Apartheid South Africa.



Moving beyond a social movement scholarship that has tended to romanticise emergent movements, this collection takes stock of the contradiction and complexity that is necessarily entangled in all forms of popular resistance. Through an exploration of labour strikes, legal organisations, community protest and local government elections, the contributors consider how different movements conceive of transformation and assess the extent to which these understandings challenge the narrative of the ruling African National Congress (ANC).



An empirically grounded analysis from a coterie of leading researchers and analysts, Contesting Transformation is the definitive critical survey of the state of popular struggle in South Africa today.
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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

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About the Authors and Editors

Index

Sujets

• Political Advocacy
• Political Process
• Political Science
• Republic of South Africa
• South Africa
• Activism
• Afrique du Sud

Informations

• Publié par: Pluto Press
• Date de parution: 10 avril 2014
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781783712120
• Langue: English

Extrait

Contesting Transformation

CONTESTING TRANSFORMATION Popular Resistance in Twenty-First-Century South Africa

Edited by Marcelle C. Dawson and Luke Sinwell