Southern Resistance in Critical Perspective - The Politics of Protest in South Africa''s Contentious Democracy

List of contents

List of Figures and Table
Notes on Contributors
Preface
List of Abbreviations
Chapter 1 - Southern Resistance in Critical Perspective
Part I: Global Formations
Chapter 2 - Social Movements in the Neoliberal Age
Chapter 3 - South African Social Movements in the Neoliberal Age
Part II: Community Formations
Chapter 4 - Postcolonial Politics: Theorizing Protest from Spaces of Exclusion
Chapter 5 - South Africa ‘Unrest’ or Rebellion: A Focus on Durban Community Protests
Chapter 6 - Social Movements Beyond Incorporation: The Case of the Housing Assembly in Post-Apartheid Cape Town
Part III: Local State Formations
Chapter 7 - Party Politics and Community Mobilisation in Buffalo City, East London
Chapter 8 - Protests, Party Politics, and Patronage: A View from Zandpsruit Informal Settlement, Johannesburg
Part IV: Labour Formations
Chapter 9 - Changing Forms of Power and Municipal Worker Resistance in Johannesburg
Chapter 10 - Organic Intellectuals and Leadership in South Africa’s Contemporary Mineworkers’ Movement
Part V: Left Formations
Chapter 11 - South Africa’s New Left Movements: Challenges and Hopes
Index

About the author

Marcel Paret is Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Utah, USA, and Senior Research Associate at the Centre for Social Change at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa.
Carin Runciman is Senior Researcher at the Centre for Social Change at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa.
Luke Sinwell is Senior Researcher at the Centre for Social Change at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa.

Summary

This book provides a Southern perspective on contemporary global protest through a deep engagement with the case of South Africa.

Product details

• Authors: Marcel (University of Utah Paret
• Assisted by: Marcel Paret (Editor), Marcel (University of Utah Paret (Editor), Paret Marcel (Editor), Carin Runciman (Editor), Runciman Carin (Editor), Luke Sinwell (Editor), Sinwell Luke (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2018
• EAN: 9780367085346
• ISBN: 978-0-367-08534-6
• No. of pages: 194
• Series: The Mobilization Series on Social Movements, Protest, and Culture; The Mobilization Series on Social Movements, Protest, and Culture
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology; Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, Republic of South Africa, Politics & government, Politics and government