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From revolution to rights in South Africa : social movements, NGOs & popular politics after apartheid / Steven L. Robins.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Robins, Steven L.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social movements--South Africa.
- Social movements.
- Group identity--South Africa.
- Group identity.
- Civil society--South Africa.
- Civil society.
- Community organization.
- AIDS (Disease)--Political aspects.
- AIDS (Disease).
- South Africa.
- AIDS (Disease)--Political aspects--South Africa.
- Community organization--South Africa.
- South Africa--Politics and government--1994-.
- Politics and government.
- South Africa--Social conditions--1994-.
- Social conditions.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 192 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Woodbridge [England] ; Rochester, NY : James Currey ; Scottsville, South Africa : University of Kwazulu-Natal Press, 2008.
- Summary:
- Critics of liberalism in Europe and North America argue that a stress on right talk and identify politics has led to fragmentation, individualisation and depoliticisation. But are these developments really signs of the end of politics?
- Steven L. Robins argues for the continued importance of NGOs, social movements and other civil society actors in creating new forms of citizenship and democracy, producing a complex, hybrid and ambiguous relationship between civil society and the state, where new negotiations around citizenship emerge.
- Contents:
- 1 Introduction From Revolution to Rights 1
- 2 Activist Mediations of Rights & Indigeneous Identity Land Struggles, NGOs & Indigeneous Rights in Namaqualand 29
- 3 Citizens & Bushmen The #khomani San, NGOs & the Making of a New Social Movement 51
- 4 Civil Society & Popular Politics in the Postcolony Deep Democracy and Deep Authoritarianism at the Tip of Africa? 77
- 5 AIDS, Science & the Making of a Social Movement AIDS Activism & Biomedical Citizenship in South Africa 100
- 6 Rights Passages from Near Death to New Life AIDS Activism & New HIV-identities in South Africa 127
- 7 Sexual rights &Sexual Cultures AIDS Activism, Sexual Politics & New Masculinities after Apartheid 144
- 8 Conclusion Beyond Rights & the Limits of Liberalism 165.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-185) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781847012029
- 1847012027
- 9781869141646
- 1869141644
- OCLC:
- 243545111
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