LEADER 05265nam 22008775 450 001 9910255313103321 005 20240801011923.0 010 $a9781137436603 010 $a1137436603 024 7 $a10.1057/9781137436603 035 $a(CKB)3710000000500274 035 $a(EBL)4082241 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001575462 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16238969 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001575462 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)14037164 035 $a(PQKB)11031406 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001616899 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16348513 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001616899 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)14922074 035 $a(PQKB)11314389 035 $a(DE-He213)978-1-137-43660-3 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4082241 035 $a(PPN)191697427 035 $a(Perlego)3489368 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000500274 100 $a20160126d2016 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aSouth Africa's Political Crisis $eUnfinished Liberation and Fractured Class Struggles /$fby Alexander Beresford 205 $a1st ed. 2016. 210 1$aLondon :$cPalgrave Macmillan UK :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2016. 215 $a1 online resource (188 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9781349572984 311 08$a1349572985 311 08$a9781137436597 311 08$a113743659X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; 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 wave 327 $aThe 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 divide 327 $aCompeting 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 capital 327 $aThe 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; Index 330 $aSouth 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. 606 $aEthnology$zAfrica 606 $aCulture 606 $aAfrica$xPolitics and government 606 $aPolitical sociology 606 $aPolitical science 606 $aInternational economic relations 606 $aAfrican Culture 606 $aAfrican Politics 606 $aPolitical Sociology 606 $aPolitical Science 606 $aInternational Political Economy' 615 0$aEthnology 615 0$aCulture. 615 0$aAfrica$xPolitics and government. 615 0$aPolitical sociology. 615 0$aPolitical science. 615 0$aInternational economic relations. 615 14$aAfrican Culture. 615 24$aAfrican Politics. 615 24$aPolitical Sociology. 615 24$aPolitical Science. 615 24$aInternational Political Economy'. 676 $a331.880968 700 $aBeresford$b Alexander$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0784315 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910255313103321 996 $aSouth Africa's political crisis$91743504 997 $aUNINA