From Comrades to Citizens
The South African Civics Movement and the Transition to Democracy
Published on 7. March 2000
Book
Hardback
XVI, 253 pages
978-0-333-77457-1 (ISBN)
Description
In the 1980s South Africa's urban townships exploded into insurrection led by youth and residents' organisations that collectively became known as the civics movement. Ironically the movement has been unable to adapt to the role of a voluntary association in the liberal polity it helped create, and has great difficulty defining any alternative role. This volume charts the rise and fall of the movement in the transition to and consolidation of democracy in South Africa.
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Series
Edition
2000 edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
XVI, 253 p.
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
494 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-333-77457-1 (9780333774571)
DOI
10.1057/9780230596207
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G. Adler | J. Steinberg
From Comrades to Citizens
The South African Civics Movement and the Transition to Democracy
E-Book
12/2015
Palgrave Macmillan
€53.49
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Persons
COLIN BUNDY Vice-Chancellor, University of the Witwatersrand
JANET CHERRY Teacher, Department of Sociology, University of Port Elizabeth
JUSTINE LUCAS Ph.D. student studying Ecotourism in South African, Department of Anthropology, School of Oriental and African Studies
STEVEN ROBINS Teacher, Anthropology Department, University of Western Cape
JEREMY SEEKINS Teacher, Sociology Department, University of Cape Town
Content
List of Maps Foreword Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Notes on the Contributors Introduction: From Comrades to Citizens: The South African Civics Movement and the Transition to Democracy; J.Steinberg & G.Adler Survival and Resistance: Township Organisations and Nonviolent Direct Action; C.Bundy The Development of Strategic Thought in South Africa's Civic Movements, 1977-90; J.Seekings Hegemony, Democracy and Civil Society: Political Participation in Kwazakele Township, 1980-90; J.Cherry Fenced in by Ideas of Modernity: Land Struggles and Civic Activism in Namaqualand, 1980-93; S.Robins Civic Organisation in Alexandra in the 1990s: An Ethnographic Approach; J.Lucas A Place for Civics in a Liberal Democratic Polity? The Fate of Local Institutions of Resistance after Apartheid; J.Steinberg After Apartheid: Civic Organisations in the 'New' South Africa; J.Seekings Bibliography Index