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Contesting Transformation: Popular Resistance in Twenty-First Century South Africa
Marcelle C. Dawson (Ed.)
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Description for Contesting Transformation: Popular Resistance in Twenty-First Century South Africa
Hardback. A sober and critical reflection of the wave of social movement struggles which have taken place in post-Apartheid South Africa. Editor(s): Dawson, Marcelle C.; Sinwell, Luke. Num Pages: 320 pages, 5-10 illustrations and tables. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
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).
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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).
... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745332734
SKU
V9780745332734
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About Marcelle C. Dawson (Ed.)
Marcelle C. Dawson is a senior researcher in Social Change at the University of Johannesburg. She serves on the board of the International Sociological Association's Research Committee. She is co-editor of Contesting Transformation: Popular Resistance in Twenty-First Century South Africa (Pluto, 2014) and Popular Politics and Resistance Movements in South Africa (2010). Her work has been published in Citizenship Studies, ... Read more
Reviews for Contesting Transformation: Popular Resistance in Twenty-First Century South Africa
'This must-read collection unromantically, sympathetically, and critically analyses the contested terrain of popular resistance in post-apartheid South Africa'
Aziz Choudry, Assistant Professor, Integrated Studies in Education, McGill University, co-editor of Organize! Building From the Local for Global Justice and Learning from the Ground Up: Global Perspectives on Social Movements and Knowledge Production 'In this well-edited volume an impressive range ... Read more
Aziz Choudry, Assistant Professor, Integrated Studies in Education, McGill University, co-editor of Organize! Building From the Local for Global Justice and Learning from the Ground Up: Global Perspectives on Social Movements and Knowledge Production 'In this well-edited volume an impressive range ... Read more