The Making of Apartheid, 1948-1961 - Conflict and Compromise

Zusatztext 'valuable monograph ... it represents an indispensable contribution to modern South African history ... Posel applies her unrivalled understanding of the contortions of urban policy to highlight different phases in the emergence of apartheid.'Saul Dubow! Cahiers dÉtudes africaines! 132! XXXIII-4! 1993 Klappentext This book breaks new ground by exposing some of the crucial political processes and struggles which shaped the reciprocal development of apartheid and capitalism in South Africa. Zusammenfassung Deborah Posel breaks new ground in exposing some of the crucial political processes and struggles which shaped the reciprocal development of Apartheid and capitalism in South Africa. Her analysis debunks the orthodoxy view which presents apartheid as the product of a single `grand plan', created by the State in response to the pressures of capital accumulation.Using as a case study influx control during the first phase of apartheid (1948-1961), she shows that apartheid arose from complex patterns of conflict and compromise within the State, in which white capitalists, the black working class, and popular movements exercised varying and uneven degrees of influence. Her book integrates a detailed empirical analysis of the capitalist State and its relationship to class interests. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; The 'problem' of influx control in the 1940s; The NAD's influx control strategy; The legislative foundations of influx control, 1948-1953; The effects of influx control during the 1950s; Labour 'canalization' 1: Realities of the urban labour market; Labour canalization 2: Operation of the labour bureaux system; The NAD's efforts to curb African urbanization; 1959-1961: The shift into apartheid's second phase; Conclusion

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• Authors: Posel, Deborah Posel, Deborah (Research Fellow in African Studies Posel, Posel Deborah
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.12.1991
• EAN: 9780198273349
• ISBN: 978-0-19-827334-9
• No. of pages: 312
• Series: Print On Demand; Oxford Studies in African Affa; Oxford Studies in African Affairs; Oxford Studies in African Affa; Print on Demand; Oxford Studies in African Affairs
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies, HISTORY / Africa / General, Republic of South Africa, Social issues & processes, c 1960 to c 1970, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, African History, Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies, Human rights, civil rights, C 1945 To C 1960, Central government policies