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Lively account of how people power has shaped British history -- from Peterloo to the Poll tax and beyond.
List of contents
1: Introduction: 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 Election 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-White 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 Bibliography About the authors Index
About the author
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, Journal of Higher Education in Africa and Social Movement Studies.
Luke Sinwell is a Senior Researcher at the University of Johannesburg. He is co-author of The Spirit of Marikana (Pluto, 2016) and Marikana: A View from the Mountain and a Case to Answer (Jacana, 2013), co-editor of Contesting Transformation: Popular Resistance in Twenty-First-Century South Africa (Pluto, 2014). He is the General Secretary of the South African Sociological Association (SASA).
Summary
A sober and critical reflection of the wave of social movement struggles which have taken place in post-Apartheid South Africa.
