Limits to liberation after apartheid : citizenship, governance & culture

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Limits to liberation after apartheid : citizenship, governance & culture

edited by Steven L. Robins

James Currey , Ohio University Press , David Philip, 2005

  • : James Currey : cloth
  • : James Currey : pbk
  • : Ohio University Press : cloth
  • : Ohio University Press : pbk
  • : David Philip : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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  • Marginalisation & citizenship in post-Apartheid South Africa / Bettina von Lieres
  • Reflections on liberalism, policulturalism & ID-ology : citizenship & difference in South Africa / John Comaroff & Jean Comaroff
  • The demands of recognition & the ambivalence of difference : race, culture & Afrikanerness in post-Apartheid South Africa / Suren Pillay
  • Traditional leaders & democracy : cultural politics in the age of globalisation / Thomas A. Koelble & Ed Lipuma
  • Nodal governance, denizenship & communal space : challenging the Westphalian ideal / Clifford Shearing & Jennifer Wood in collaboration with John Cartwright and Madeleine Jenneker
  • Political inventions & interventions : a critical review of the proposed city development strategy partnership in Cape Town / Edgar Pieterse
  • 'Functional' & 'dysfunctional' communities : the making of ethical citizens / Ivor Chipkin
  • Mediating Manenberg in the post-Apartheid public sphere : media, democracy & citizenship in South Africa / Sean Jacobs & Ron Krabill
  • Negotiating gender & personhood in the New South Africa : adolescent women & gangsters in Manenberg township on the Cape Flats / Elaine Salo
  • Refracting an elusive South African urban citizenship : problems with tracking Spaza / Andrew Spiegel
  • Coloureds don't Toyi-Toyi : gesture, constraint & identity in Cape Town / Shannon Jackson
  • Palaces of desire : century city & the ambiguities of development / Rafael Marks

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Volume

: James Currey : pbk ISBN 9780852558782

Description

The conditions for democracy in South Africa cannot be taken for granted as many South African citizens remain on the margins, outside of the formal democratic system. The post-apartheid public sphere in South Africa has been characterised by race tensions and distrust. Socio-economic inequalities and structural unemployment are contributing to widespread crises. In addressing the conceptual andempirical questions relating to the transition to democracy, the contributors to this volume take the questions of culture and identity seriously, drawing attention to the creative agency of citizens of the 'new' South Africa. They raise important questions concerning the limits of citizenship and procedural democracy. Steven L. Robins is Professor of Social Anthropology in the University of Stellenbosch North America: Ohio U Press

Table of Contents

Introduction by Steven Robins I CULTURE & THE LIMITS OF LIBERALISM Marginalisation and citizenship in post-apartheid South Africa by Bettina Von Lieres - Reflections on liberalism, politculturalism and ID-ology: citizenship and difference in South Africa by John Comaroff and Jean Comaroff - The demands of recognition and the ambivalence of difference: race, culture and afrikanerness in post-apartheid South Africa by Suren Pillay - Traditional leaders and democracy: cultural politics in the age of globalisation by Thomas A. Koelble and Ed Li Puma II RETHINKNG CITIZENSHIP and GOVERNANCE IN URBAN SOUTH AFRICA Nodal governance, denizenship and communal space: challenging the Westphalian ideal by Clifford Shearing and Jennifer Wood - Political inventions and interventions: a critical review of the proposed city development strategy partnership in Cape Town by Edgar Pieterse - 'Functional' and 'dysfunctional' communities: the making of ethical citizens by Ivor Chipkin - Mediating Manenberg in the post-apartheid public sphere: media, democracy and citizenship by Sean Jacobs and Ron Krabill III CULTURAL PLURALITY and CULTURAL POLITICS AFTER APARTHEID Negotiating gender and personhood in the new South Africa: adolescent women and gangsters in Manenberg Township on the Cape Flats by Elaine Salo - Refracting an elusive South African urban citizenship: problems with tracking spaza by Andrew Spiegel - Coloureds don't toyi-toyi: gesture, constraint and identity in Cape Town by Shannon Jackson - Palaces of desire: Century City and the ambiguities of development by Rafael Marks.
Volume

: James Currey : cloth ISBN 9780852558799

Description

The post-apartheid public sphere in South Africa has been characterised by race tensions and distrust. Socio-economic inequalities and structural unemployment are contributing to widespread crises. In addressing the conceptual andempirical questions relating to the transition to democracy, the contributors to this volume take the questions of culture and identity seriously, drawing attention to the creative agency of citizens of the 'new' South Africa. They raise important questions concerning the limits of citizenship and procedural democracy. STEVEN L. ROBINS is Professor of Social Anthropology in the University of Stellenbosch North America: Ohio U Press; South Africa: David Philip (PB)

Table of Contents

Introduction by Steven Robins I RECONCILING LIBERAL DEMOCRACY and CULTURAL DIFFERENCE Marginalization and citizenship in post-apartheid South Africa by Bettina Von Lieres - Constitutional conundrums: the kingdom of custom and the rule of law by John and Jean Comaroff - The demands of recognition and the ambivalence of difference: race, culture and afrikanerness in post-apartheid South Africa by Suren Pillay - Chiefs and democrats: on the compatibility of political democracy and traditional leadership in South Africa by Thomas A. Koelble and Ed Li Puma II RETHINKNG CITIZENSHIP and GOVERNANCE IN URBAN SOUTH AFRICA Nodal governance, democracy and the new 'denizens': challenging the Westphalian ideal by Clifford Shearing and Jennifer Wood - Political inventions and interventions: a critical review of the proposed city development strategy partnership in Cape Town by Edgar Pieterse - 'Functional' and 'dysfunctional' communities: the making of ethical citizens by Ivor Chipkin - Mediating Manenberg and citizenship in the post-apartheid public sphere by Sean Jacobs and Ron Krabill III CULTURAL PLURALITY and CULTURAL POLITICS AFTER APARTHEID Negotiating gender and personhood in the new South Africa: adolescent women and gangsters in Manenberg Township on the Cape Flats by Elaine Salo - Refracting an elusive South African urban citizenship: problems with tracking spaza by Andrew Spiegel - Coloureds don't toyi-toyi: gesture, constraint and identity in Cape Town by Shannon Jackson - Palaces of desire: century city and the ambiguities of development by Rafael Marks.
Volume

: David Philip : pbk ISBN 9780864866745

Description

The conditions for democracy in South Africa cannot be taken for granted. The problem is not simply a question of inclusion in the democratic process and the distribution of resources. Despite the 'miracle' of 1994, the vast majority of South African citizens remain on the margins, outside the formal democratic system. The South African state is struggling to fulfill its responsibilities to provide housing, jobs and economic security. These limits to liberation have become catalysts for a dramatic expansion of new forms of associational life and moral communities, including religious and occult movements, women's saving associations, pyramid schemes and the consolidation of communitarian, clan and ethnic solidarities. The conditions have also been created for the growth of the violent economies: drug trafficking, sex work, informal taxi organizations and criminal syndicates. Another serious obstacle to the liberal democratic project is the emergence of additional forms of inequality. These include new types of social-spatial segregation whereby (predominantly white) middle-class citizens have retreated even further into the gated communities and fortified enclaves of shopping malls, entertainment arcades and leafy suburbs policed by private security firms. These privatised public spaces tend to be insulated from black and 'coloured' working-class ghettoes. Unfulfilled expectations and the unfinished business of the leberation struggle pose perhaps the greatest threats to the state's project of governance.

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