Anti Apartheid And The Emergence Of A Global Civil Society
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Author |
: H. Thörn |
Publisher |
: Springer |
Total Pages |
: 263 |
Release |
: 2006-02-28 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780230505698 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0230505694 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (98 Downloads) |
Synopsis Anti-Apartheid and the Emergence of a Global Civil Society by : H. Thörn
Looking at anti-apartheid as part of the history of present global politics, this book provides the first comparative analysis of different sections of the transnational anti-apartheid movement. The author emphasizes the importance of a historical perspective on political cultures, social movements, and global civil society.
Author |
: Håkan Thörn |
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: |
Total Pages |
: |
Release |
: 2009 |
ISBN-10 |
: OCLC:1073687262 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (62 Downloads) |
Synopsis Anti-Apartheid and the Emergence of a Global Civil Society by : Håkan Thörn
Author |
: Steven L. Robins |
Publisher |
: Boydell & Brewer Ltd |
Total Pages |
: 210 |
Release |
: 2008 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781847012029 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1847012027 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (29 Downloads) |
Synopsis From Revolution to Rights in South Africa by : Steven L. Robins
Critics of liberalism in Europe and North America argue that a stress on 'rights talk' and identity politics has led to fragmentation, individualisation and depoliticisation. But are these developments really signs of 'the end of politics'? In the post-colonial, post-apartheid, neo-liberal new South Africa poor and marginalised citizens continue to struggle for land, housing and health care. They must respond to uncertainty and radical contingencies on a daily basis. This requires multiple strategies, an engaged, practised citizenship, one that links the daily struggle to well organised mobilisation around claiming rights. Robins argues for the continued importance of NGOs, social movements and other 'civil society' actors in creating new forms of citizenship and democracy. He goes beyond the sanitised prescriptions of 'good governance' so often touted by development agencies. Instead he argues for a complex, hybrid and ambiguous relationship between civil society and the state, where new negotiations around citizenship emerge. Steven L. Robins is Professor of Social Anthropology in the University of Stellenbosch and editor of Limits to Liberation after Apartheid (James Currey).
Author |
: Anna Konieczna |
Publisher |
: Springer |
Total Pages |
: 352 |
Release |
: 2019-04-15 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9783030036522 |
ISBN-13 |
: 3030036529 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (22 Downloads) |
Synopsis A Global History of Anti-Apartheid by : Anna Konieczna
This book explores the global history of anti-apartheid and international solidarity with southern African freedom struggles from the 1960s. It examines the institutions, campaigns and ideological frameworks that defined the globalization of anti-apartheid, the ways in which the concept of solidarity was mediated by individuals, organizations and states, and considers the multiplicity of actors and interactions involved in generating and sustaining anti-apartheid around the world. It includes detailed accounts of key case studies from Europe, Asia, and Latin America, which illustrate the complex relationships between local and global agendas, as well as the diverse political cultures embodied in anti-apartheid. Taken together, these examples reveal the tensions and synergies, transnational webs and local contingencies that helped to create the sense of ‘being global’ that united worldwide anti-apartheid campaigns.
Author |
: Janice Love |
Publisher |
: Greenwood |
Total Pages |
: 328 |
Release |
: 1985 |
ISBN-10 |
: UOM:39076000485487 |
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: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (87 Downloads) |
Synopsis The U.S. Anti-apartheid Movement by : Janice Love
Author |
: Michael Walker |
Publisher |
: AFRICAN SUN MeDIA |
Total Pages |
: 397 |
Release |
: 2017-07-31 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781928355120 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1928355129 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (20 Downloads) |
Synopsis Church and Civil Society by : Michael Walker
ÿ Germany and South Africa experienced drastic social transitions with the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1986 and the end of Apartheid in 1994. This book consists of a collection of essays from German and South African theologians who analyse the role that religious communities had, andÿ are still playing within the respective civil societies. The concept and texture of civil society are analysed; case studies are presented; theological perspectives are given on the relation between church, state and civil society; and guidelines are provided for the healing role that Christian religious communities can play in Germany and South Africa. This book is mainly directed at theologians and scholars in religious studies, however, sociologists and political philosophers may also find the essays informative. Besides the wide variety of theological approaches; sociological and empirical data; and practical theological perspective, the book also yields interesting comparative analysis on two societies in transition.
Author |
: Lorenzo Fioramonti |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 253 |
Release |
: 2010-04-05 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781136978708 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1136978704 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (08 Downloads) |
Synopsis European Union Democracy Aid by : Lorenzo Fioramonti
Since the end of the Cold War, the promotion of democracy has occupied centre stage in global politics and in the academic debate on international relations. Governments, intergovernmental agencies, and international donors have invested significant resources to support the democratic consolidation of fledgling democracies. The European Union (EU), which is the largest aid donor in the world, has been no exception to this trend. This book focuses on the development aid provided by the EU to the South African democracy during its first ten years of life. EU Democracy Aid is the first book to empirically analyze the EU policy towards South Africa, which has been the most longstanding and comprehensive European democracy promotion initiative in a single country and an important test-bed for the EU’s effectiveness and credibility as a global democracy promoter. Building on the EU’s declared goal to promote democracy ‘from below’, this study explores the potential of micro-level projects aimed at ‘deepening’ democracy through grassroots civil society organizations operating in marginalized communities, where abusive and authoritarian practices often outlive the advent of democracy. It will be of interest to students and scholars of civil society, democracy, economics, development studies, European Union studies, political sociology and international relations.
Author |
: Kirk Helliker |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 333 |
Release |
: 2019-12-18 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781351170109 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1351170104 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (09 Downloads) |
Synopsis Politics at a Distance from the State by : Kirk Helliker
For decades, most anti-capitalist and anti-imperialist movements identified radical transformation with capturing state power. The collapse of these statist projects from the 1970s led to a global crisis of left and working class politics. But crisis has also opened space for rediscovering alternative society-centred, anti-capitalist modes of bottom-up change, operating at a distance from the state. These have registered important successes in practice, such as the Zapatistas in Mexico, and Rojava in Syria. They have been a key influence on movements from Occupy in United States, to the landless in Latin America, to anti-austerity struggles in Europe and Asia, to urban movements in Africa. Their lineages include anarchism, syndicalism, autonomist Marxism, philosophers like Alain Badiou, and radical popular praxis. This path-breaking volume recovers this understanding of social transformation, long side-lined but now resurgent, like a seed in the soil that keeps breaking through and growing. It provides case studies with reference to South Africa and Zimbabwe, and includes a dossier of key texts from a century of anarchists, syndicalists, insurgent unionists and anti-apartheid activists in South Africa. Originating in an African summit of radical academics, struggle veterans and social movements, the book includes a preface from John Holloway. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue in the Journal of Contemporary African Studies, with the addition of a new dossier on the history and voices of a century of politics at a distance from the state in South Africa.
Author |
: Håkan Thörn |
Publisher |
: Springer |
Total Pages |
: 316 |
Release |
: 2008-04-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780230583719 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0230583717 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (19 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Politics of AIDS by : Håkan Thörn
HIV/AIDS is the major political challenge of our time. Based on empirical observations from all over the world, this book examines how HIV/AIDS has become increasingly transnational, as nation states have extended their programmes across borders, and transnational networks have increased their activities.
Author |
: Patrick Bond |
Publisher |
: Juta |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 2003 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1919713824 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781919713823 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (24 Downloads) |
Synopsis Against Global Apartheid by : Patrick Bond
Patrick Bond shows how the leadership washed its hands of this political legacy and signed up to Washington-approved policies that have cost the South African people a million jobs, stymied their hopes of sustainable access to housing, water, electricity, health and education, dramatically worsened income inequality, and opened up a dangerous gulf of disillusion between voters and government. The author tracks the debates around these issues. He shows how South African civil society has resisted corporate-dominated globalization in its fight against not only international financial institutions, but also the big pharmaceutical corporations over access to HIV/AIDS drugs.