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The Struggle for Social Change in Southern Africa

Author : Dickson A. Mungazi
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 9780844815954
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (159 download)

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Download or read book The Struggle for Social Change in Southern Africa written by Dickson A. Mungazi and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 1989 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book shows the applicability of Thomas Kuhn's theory of the structure of scientific revolutions to the struggle for social change in southern Africa. The components of this theory which seem applicable to the conflict and the struggle for fundamental social change in this troubled region of Africa are: definition of paradigms, their functions, the elements of paradigm shifts and their effect, the relationship between paradigm shift in natural and social science, and the concept of anomaly. This study utilizes the components of this theory to discuss why the problems of southern Africa seem to defy this solution.

Fractured Militancy

Author : Marcel Paret
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 1501761811
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book Fractured Militancy written by Marcel Paret and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2022-02-15 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on extensive ethnographic fieldwork and interviews with activists, Fractured Militancy tells the story of postapartheid South Africa from the perspective of Johannesburg's impoverished urban Black neighborhoods. Nearly three decades after South Africa's transition from apartheid to democracy, widespread protests and xenophobic attacks suggest that not all is well in the once-celebrated "rainbow nation." Marcel Paret traces rising protests back to the process of democratization and racial inclusion. This process dangled the possibility of change but preserved racial inequality and economic insecurity, prompting residents to use militant protests to express their deep sense of betrayal and to demand recognition and community development. Underscoring remarkable parallels to movements such as Black Lives Matter in the United States, this account attests to an ongoing struggle for Black liberation in the wake of formal racial inclusion. Rather than unified resistance, however, class struggles within the process of racial inclusion produced a fractured militancy. Revealing the complicated truth behind the celebrated "success" of South African democratization, Paret uncovers a society divided by wealth, urban geography, nationality, employment, and political views. Fractured Militancy warns of the threat that capitalism and elite class struggles present to social movements and racial justice everywhere.

Popular Politics and Resistance Movements in South Africa

Author : William Beinart
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 1868149439
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (681 download)

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Download or read book Popular Politics and Resistance Movements in South Africa written by William Beinart and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2010-12-01 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An examination of post-apartheid politics This volume explores some of the key features of popular politics and resistance before and after 1994. It looks at continuities and changes in the forms of struggle and ideologies involved, as well as the significance of post-apartheid grassroots politics. Is this a new form of politics or does it stand as a direct descendent of the insurrectionary impulses of the late apartheid era? Posing questions about continuity and change before and after 1994 raises key issues concerning the nature of power and poverty in the country. Contributors suggest that expressions of popular politics are deeply set within South African political culture and still have the capacity to influence political outcomes. The introduction by William Beinart links the papers together, places them in context of recent literature on popular politics and 'history from below' and summarises their main findings, supporting the argument that popular politics outside of the party system remain significant in South Africa and help influence national politics. The roots of this collection lie in post-graduate student research conducted at the University of Oxford in the early twenty-first century.

Township Politics: Civic Struggles for a New South Africa

Author : Mzwanele Mayekiso
Publisher : UJ Press
ISBN 13 : 177642428X
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (764 download)

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Download or read book Township Politics: Civic Struggles for a New South Africa written by Mzwanele Mayekiso and published by UJ Press. This book was released on 2023-02-24 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This insider’s account of an extraordinary period of national political transition is also a primer on a new radical philosophy, the street–smart Marxism that developed in South Africa’s sprawling townships between 1985 and 1995 and rendered them ungovernable for the apartheid state. Mzwanele Mayekiso, a young leader of the “civics”—as South Africa’s popular community organizations are called—spent almost three years in prison as a result of the civics’ militant organizing. Here, he interlaces his personal story with caustic assessments of apartheid’s hand–picked township leaders, with rebuttals of armchair academics, and with impassioned but self–critical analyses of the civics’ struggles and tactics. He ends with a vision of an international urban social movement that, he argues, must be a crucial component of any emancipatory project.

Religion and Social Transformation in Southern Africa

Author : Thomas Walsh
Publisher : Paragon House Publishers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Religion and Social Transformation in Southern Africa written by Thomas Walsh and published by Paragon House Publishers. This book was released on 1999-11-30 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Religion has inspired those -- from Gandhi to Tutu -- who have sought to transform southern Africa. This volume presents voices from across the spectrum, passionately arguing that religion plays, and must continue to play, a vital role in shaping the political, social, and cultural reality of African people.

African Struggles Today

Author : Peter Dwyer
Publisher : Haymarket Books
ISBN 13 : 1608463087
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book African Struggles Today written by Peter Dwyer and published by Haymarket Books. This book was released on 2012-10-27 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three leading Africa scholars investigate the social forces driving the democratic transformation of postcolonial states across southern Africa. Extensive research and interviews with civil society organizers in Zimbabwe, South Africa, Zambia, Malawi, Namibia, and Swaziland inform this analysis of the challenges faced by non-governmental organizations in relating both to the attendant inequality of globalization and to grassroots struggles for social justice. Peter Dwyer is a tutor in economics at Ruskin College in Oxford. Leo Zeilig Lecturer at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London.

A Manifesto for Social Change

Author : Moeletsi Mbeki
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781770104976
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (49 download)

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Download or read book A Manifesto for Social Change written by Moeletsi Mbeki and published by . This book was released on 2017-01-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A Manifesto for Social Change is the third of a three-volume series that started seven years ago investigating the causes of our country's and the continent's development obstacles. Architects of Poverty: Why African Capitalism Needs Changing (2009) set out to explain what role African elites played in creating and promoting their fellow Africans misery. Advocates for Change: How to Overcome Africa's Challenges (2011) set out to show that there were short-term to medium-term solutions to many of Africa's and South Africa's problems, from agriculture to healthcare, if only the powers that be would take note. And now, more than 20 years after the advent of democracy, we have A Manifesto for Social Change, the conclusion in the trilogy."--Provided by publisher.

Society in Focus—Change, Challenge and Resistance

Author : Lindy Heinecken
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1443823171
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (438 download)

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Download or read book Society in Focus—Change, Challenge and Resistance written by Lindy Heinecken and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2010-06-09 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The chapters in this book showcase current sociological research, as undertaken both by established and budding social scientists in South Africa and Africa. The book covers a variety of topical themes, the first of which concerns the link between society, power and the environment, and how competing interests, whether these be corporate, legal, socio-ecological or environmentalist, relate to each. Another theme includes contributions on development, democracy and service delivery. Workplace change, resistance and well-being within the agricultural, manufacturing, mining and the service sector constitute a further central focus. The remaining theme addresses the interplay of race, class, gender and power within the context of specific topics, such as HIV/AIDS, tertiary education and minority groups. The collection of work presented in this book reflects a critical stance towards reification of roles, highlights contradictions between principles and practices in society, and underscores the complexity of societal issues on a broad range of contemporary themes. As such, the chapters are notable for their empirical richness and methodological pluralism, which are of interest to an interdisciplinary audience, whether scholars, professionals or practitioners.

Freedom in Our Lifetime

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 44 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Freedom in Our Lifetime written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This document includes a student text and a teacher resource book. The student text booklet introduces students to precolonial and colonial South Africa and the development of apartheid. Students have the opportunity to evaluate decisions made by anti-apartheid activists and to reflect on South Africa's transition to a post-apartheid society. The booklet is divided into 10 parts: (1) "Introduction: A Negotiated Revolution"; (2) "Part I: Precolonial and Colonial South Africa"; (3) "Part II: Apartheid and Its Opposition"; (4) "The Moment of Decision"; (5) "Options in Brief"; (6) "Options" (Option 1: Continue Nonviolent Struggle with Multi-Racial Support; Option 2: Use Limited, Structured Violence with Communist Party Support; Option 3: Advocate Guerrilla War Tactics for Africans Alone); (7) "Epilogue: Becoming South Africa"; (8) "Chronology of South African History"; (9) "Supplementary Documents"; and (10) "Supplementary Resources". The booklet is part of a continuing series of curriculum resources on international public policy issues. The teacher resource book contains a day-by-day lesson plan and student activities. The suggested lesson plan is divided into 11 sections: (1) "About the Choices Approach"; (2) "Note to Teachers"; (3) "Integrating This Unit into Your Curriculum"; (4) "Day One--Colonial South Africa"; (5) "Day Two--Poetry and Politics"; (6) "Day Three--Role Playing: Organization and Preparation"; (7) "Day Four--Role Playing the Three Options"; (8) "Day Five--Violence as Protest"; (9) "Key Terms"; (10) "Making Choices Work in Your Classroom"; (11)"Alternative Three-Day Lesson Plan". (BT).

Southern Africa

Author : Basil Davidson
Publisher : Penguin Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Southern Africa written by Basil Davidson and published by Penguin Books. This book was released on 1976 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Monograph on the politics of African nationalism and the forces for social change in Southern Africa - recounts the access to independence of Angola and Mozambique, and discusses the future prospects of the White African governments of South Africa R and rhodesia (Zimbabwe). References and statistical tables.

The Time of Youth

Author : Alcinda Manuel Honwana
Publisher : Kumarian Press
ISBN 13 : 9781565494718
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (947 download)

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Download or read book The Time of Youth written by Alcinda Manuel Honwana and published by Kumarian Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Draws on interviews in Mozambique, Senegal, South Africa, and Tunisia.

Land Struggles and Civil Society in Southern Africa

Author : Kirk Helliker
Publisher : Africa Research and Publications
ISBN 13 : 9781592218158
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (181 download)

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Download or read book Land Struggles and Civil Society in Southern Africa written by Kirk Helliker and published by Africa Research and Publications. This book was released on 2011 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Domains of Freedom

Author : Thembela Kepe
Publisher : Juta and Company (Pty) Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1775822044
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (758 download)

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Download or read book Domains of Freedom written by Thembela Kepe and published by Juta and Company (Pty) Ltd. This book was released on 2016-09-12 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After more than 20 years of freedom in South Africa we have to ask ourselves difficult questions: are we willing to perpetuate a lie, search for facts or think wishfully? Freedom has been enabled by apartheid’s end, but at the same time some of apartheid’s key institutions and social relations are reproduced under the guise of ‘democracy’. This collection of essays acknowledges the enormous expectations placed on the shoulders of the South African revolution to produce an alternative political regime in response to apartheid and global neo-liberalism. It does not lament the inability of South Africa’s democracy to provide deeper freedoms, or suggest that since it hasn't this is some form of betrayal. Freedom is made possible and/or limited by local political choices, contemporary global conditions and the complexities of social change. This book explores the multiplicity of spaces within which the dynamics of social change unfold, and the complex ways in which power is produced and reproduced. In this way, it seeks to understand the often non-linear practices through which alternative possibilities emerge, the lengthy and often indirect ways in which new communities are imagined and new solidarities are built. In this sense, this book is not a collection of hope or despair. Nor is it a book that seeks to situate itself between these two poles. Instead it aims to read the present historically, critically and politically, and to offer insights into the ongoing, iterative and often messy struggles for freedom.

Educational Reform and the Transformation of Southern Africa

Author : Dickson A. Mungazi
Publisher : Praeger
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Educational Reform and the Transformation of Southern Africa written by Dickson A. Mungazi and published by Praeger. This book was released on 1997-06-18 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Defines transformation as basic change in the structure of national institutions to allow the individual a maximum opportunity to ensure his advancement, without socio-economic or political restrictions, and states that it cannot be initiated in Southern Africa without responding to the need for fundamental educational reform.

The Apartheid City and Beyond

Author : David M. Smith
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134902964
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (349 download)

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Download or read book The Apartheid City and Beyond written by David M. Smith and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2003-09-02 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Apartheid as legislated racial separation substantially changed the South African urban scene. Race group areas' remodelled the cities, while the creation of homelands', mini-states and the pass laws' controlling population migration constrained urbanization itself. In the mid-1980s the old system - having proved economically inefficient and politically divisive - was replaced by a new policy of orderly urbanization'. This sought to accelerate industrialization and cultural change by relaxing the constraints on urbanization imposed by state planning. The result was further political instability and a quarter of the black (or African) population housed in shanty towns. Negotiations between the Nationalist government and the African National Congress are working towards the end of the old apartheid system. Yet the negation of apartheid is only the beginning of the creation of a new society. The vested interests and entrenched ideologies behind the existing pattern of property ownership survive the abolition of apartheid laws. Beyond race, class and ethnicity will continue to divide urban life. If the cities of South Africa are to serve all the people, the accelerating process of urbanization must be brought under control and harnessed to a new purpose. The contributors to this volume draw on a broad range of experience and disciplines to present a variety of perspectives on urban South Africa.

Beyond Parliament

Author : Horman Chitonge
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004299556
Total Pages : 287 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (42 download)

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Download or read book Beyond Parliament written by Horman Chitonge and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2015-09-03 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Beyond Parliament, Horman Chitonge, draws from diverse experiences around the rights to water and food in the global South, to illustrate that giving effect to these rights require going beyond parliamentary politics to the radical politics of social change.

A Turbulent South Africa

Author : Jérôme Tournadre
Publisher : SUNY Press
ISBN 13 : 1438469772
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (384 download)

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Download or read book A Turbulent South Africa written by Jérôme Tournadre and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 2018-03-01 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Highlights the continuing social unrest and public protest occurring in South Africas poorest districts. Frequently praised for its democratic transition, South Africa has experienced an almost uninterrupted cycle of social protest since the late 1990s. There have been increasing numbers of demonstrations against the often appalling living conditions of millions of South Africans, pointing to the fact that they have yet to achieve full citizenship. A Turbulent South Africa offers a new look at this historic period in the existence of the young South African democracy, far removed from the idealistic portrait of the Rainbow Nation. Jérôme Tournadre draws on interviews and observations to take the reader from the backstreets of the squatters camps to international militant circles, and from the immediate, infra-political level to the worldwide anti-capitalist protest movement. He investigates the mechanisms and the meaning of social discontent in light of several different phenomena. These include, the struggle of the poor to gain recognition, the persistent memory of the fight against apartheid, the developments in the political world since the Mandela Years, the coexistence of liberal democracy with a popular politics found in poor and working-class districts, and many other factors that have played a crucial part in the social and political tensions at the heart of post-apartheid South Africa.