Domains of freedom : justice, citizenship and social change in South Africa / edited by Thembela Kepe, Melissa Levin, Bettina von Lieres.

Format:

Book

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

Mbembe, Achille, 1957- author.

Mollett, Sharlene, author.

Hall, Ruth (Professor), author.

Beyers, Christiaan, author.

Fay, Derick, author.

Handley, Antoinette, author.

Huchzermeyer, Marie, author.

Karam, Aly, author.

Eyoh, Dickson, 1954- author.

Buhlungu, S. (Sakhela), author.

Magubane, Zine, author.

Forman, Lisa, 1970- author.

Singh, Jerome Amir, author.

Solway, Jacqueline S., author.

Webb, Christopher, author.

Ibhawoh, Bonny, author.

Saloojee, Anver, author.

Dodson, Belinda, author.

Crush, Jonathan, 1953- author.

Hart, Gillian Patricia, author.

Contributor:

Sabin W. Colton, Jr., Memorial Fund.

Kepe, Thembela, editor, author.

Levin, Melissa, editor, author.

Von Lieres, Bettina, editor, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Citizenship.

South Africa--Politics and government--1994-.

South Africa.

Politics and government.

South Africa--Social conditions--1994-.

Social conditions.

South Africa--Economic conditions--1991-.

Economic conditions.

Land reform--South Africa.

Land reform.

Citizenship--South Africa.

Economic history.

Physical Description:

xiv, 308 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Claremont [Cape Town] : UCT Press 2016.

Summary:

After 20 years of freedom in South Africa we have to ask ourselves difficult questions: are we willing to perpetuate a lie, search for facts or think wishfully? Freedom has been enabled by apartheid's end, but at the same time some of apartheid's key institutions and social relations are reproduced under the guise of 'democracy'. This collection of essays acknowledges the enormous expectations placed on the shoulders of the South African revolution to produce an alternative political regime in response to apartheid and global neo-liberalism. It does not lament the inability of South Africa's democracy to provide deeper freedoms, or suggest that since it hasn't this is some form of betrayal. Freedom is made possible and/or limited by local political choices, contemporary global conditions and the complexities of social change. This book explores the multiplicity of spaces within which the dynamics of social change unfold, and the complex ways in which power is produced and reproduced. In this way, it seeks to understand the often non-linear practices through which alternative possibilities emerge, the lengthy and often indirect ways in which new communities are imagined and new solidarities are built. In this sense, this book is not a collection of hope or despair. Nor is it a book that seeks to situate itself between these two poles. Instead it aims to read the present historically, critically and politically, and to offer insights into the ongoing, iterative and often messy struggles for freedom.--Publisher's website.

Contents:

Foreword / Achille Mbembe. JUSTICE. Overview / Sharlene Mollett

Land, politics and policy change in South Africa: what questions for land redistribution policy and practice? / Thembele Kepe & Ruth Hall

Law and political conflict in South African land reform / Christiaan Beyers & Derick Fay

Cui bono? A political-economy assessments of 20 years of South African freedom / Antoinette Handley

South African housekeeping policy over two decades: 1994-2014 / Marie Huchzermeyer & Aly Karam. FREEDOM. Overview / Dickson Eyoh

Freedom Park and the Voortrekker Monument: commemorative practices between reconciliation and decolonisation / Melissa Levin

The paradox of trade union action in post-apartheid South Africa / Sakhela Buhlungu

The politics of women and gender in the ANC: reflecting back on 20 years / Zine Magubane

The role of rights and litigation in assuring more equitable access to healthcare in South Africa / Lisa Forman & Jerome Amir Singh. CITIZENSHIP. Overview / Jacqueline Solway

The politics of citizenship in South Africa / Bettina von Lieres

Fire in the vineyards: farm workers and agrarian change in post-apartheid South Africa / Christopher Webb

From Ubuntu to Grootboom: vernacularising human rights through restorative and distributive justice in post-apartheid South Africa / Bonny Ibhawoh

Social protests and the exercise of citizenship in South Africa / Anver Saloojee

Migration to South Africa since 1994: realities, policies and public attitudes / Belinda Dodson & Jonathan Crush. Afterword / Gillian Hart.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Sabin W. Colton, Jr., Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

9781775822042

9781775822226

1775822222

1775822044

OCLC:

956351667

Publisher Number:

99976652960