05265nam 22008775 450 991025531310332120240801011923.09781137436603113743660310.1057/9781137436603(CKB)3710000000500274(EBL)4082241(SSID)ssj0001575462(PQKBManifestationID)16238969(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001575462(PQKBWorkID)14037164(PQKB)11031406(SSID)ssj0001616899(PQKBManifestationID)16348513(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001616899(PQKBWorkID)14922074(PQKB)11314389(DE-He213)978-1-137-43660-3(MiAaPQ)EBC4082241(PPN)191697427(Perlego)3489368(EXLCZ)99371000000050027420160126d2016 u| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSouth Africa's Political Crisis Unfinished Liberation and Fractured Class Struggles /by Alexander Beresford1st ed. 2016.London :Palgrave Macmillan UK :Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,2016.1 online resource (188 p.)Description based upon print version of record.9781349572984 1349572985 9781137436597 113743659X Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; South Africa's Political Crisis; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 Liberation's Dream Deferred; A dream deferred: the transition to democracy; The awkward embrace of neoliberalism; Towards a post-nationalist era?; A brief history of the Alliance; The implicit ideological compromise of the Alliance; Whither the Alliance?; Summary of the argument; Unpacking the NUMSA moment; Organisational dilemmas and the great transition from below; Exhausted or regenerative nationalism?; 2 Blurred Ideological Fault Lines; Responses to the NDP; Responses to the militant strike waveThe Marikana massacre: the final straw?Ideological blurring and the nationalist- populist backlash; Conclusion: fragmented labour struggles and defensive nationalism; 3 Internecine Factionalism; The interpenetration of union and ANC political struggles; Patronage politics in the unions?; Coups, purges and fractures; Violence; Corruption allegations; Sexual misconduct allegations; The blurred lines of patronage politics; Conclusion: a labour movement at war with itself; 4 Class Formation and the Politics of Social Mobility; Class formation and the mobility divideCompeting class interests within union structuresThe double-edged sword of upward mobility: the positive side; The double-edged sword of upward mobility: the negative side; Conclusion: understanding the 'transition from below'; 5 Union Democracy, Social Mobility and Stifled Militancy; Democracy at the grass roots?; Social mobility as a source of union decline?; The loss of a collective mobilising identity; Conclusion: mobilise or gradually wilt; 6 Exhausted or Regenerative Nationalism?; The symbolic political capital of ANC nationalism; The limits of symbolic political capitalThe broad reach of nationalismWorkers' relationships with the post-apartheid state: workers' rights; Workers' relationships with the post-apartheid state: service delivery; Workers' relationships with the post-apartheid state: social welfare; No ordinary party; Conclusion; 7 Conclusion: Fractured Labour Struggles and the Unfinished Project of Liberation; Notes; 4 Class Formation and the Politics of Social Mobility; 5 Union Democracy, Social Mobility and Stifled Militancy; 6 Exhausted or Regenerative Nationalism?; Bibliography; IndexSouth Africa's current political upheavals are the most significant since the transition from apartheid. Its powerful trade unions are playing a central role, and the political direction they take will have huge significance for how we understand the role of labour movements in struggles for social justice in the twenty-first century.EthnologyAfricaCultureAfricaPolitics and governmentPolitical sociologyPolitical scienceInternational economic relationsAfrican CultureAfrican PoliticsPolitical SociologyPolitical ScienceInternational Political Economy'EthnologyCulture.AfricaPolitics and government.Political sociology.Political science.International economic relations.African Culture.African Politics.Political Sociology.Political Science.International Political Economy'.331.880968Beresford Alexanderauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut784315BOOK9910255313103321South Africa's political crisis1743504UNINA