LEADER 04140nam 2200685 450 001 9910797674503321 005 20200917021826.0 010 $a3-905758-71-7 035 $a(CKB)3710000000478912 035 $a(EBL)4003924 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001558228 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16183731 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001558228 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)14818984 035 $a(PQKB)10432942 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4003924 035 $a(OCoLC)922456853 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse49273 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4003924 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11101629 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL832352 035 $a(OCoLC)927103596 035 $a(PPN)198682069 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000478912 100 $a20151116h20152015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aTransformation from below? $ewhite suburbia in the transformation of apartheid South Africa to democracy /$fUrsula Scheidegger 210 1$aBasel, Switzerland :$cBasler Afrika Bibliographien,$d2015. 210 4$dİ2015 215 $a1 online resource (178 p.) 225 1 $aBasel Southern Africa Studies,$x2296-6986 ;$v9 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a3-905758-58-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aSocial dynamics in two formerly white Johannesburg neighbourhoods : an introduction -- 1. Social dynamics and the concept of social capital -- 2. The challenges of democratic consolidation in South Africa -- 3. Urban neighbourhoods and challenges of cooperation and order -- 4. Local communities and the ambiguity of transformation -- 5. Local schools and their impact on integration, civic engagement and neighbourhood sociability -- 6. Religious communities and responses to the challenges of transformation, value changes and inequality -- 7. Five years later : what has changed? -- 8. Conclusion : transformation from below? -- Appendix. 330 $aSouth Africa is an example of a relatively successful political transition. Nevertheless, the first democratic elections in 1994 did not change the systemic and structural inequalities, the socioeconomic legacies of discrimination or the alienation of the different population groups. At the centre of this study is the transformation potential of two formerly white neighbourhoods in Johannesburg - Norwood and Orange Grove. Both neighbourhoods have experienced considerable demographic changes and the various population groups differ in terms of their expectations and their willingness to adjust to the changes provoked by the transition. At the local level, patterns of discrimination and oppression continue. Spaces, opportunities and leverage of social networks engaged in the community are influenced by the resources people are able to access. Moreover, cooperation is contested in a context of pervasive inequality because there is no incentive for privileged groups to change arrangements that benefit them. In this context of conflicting interests and unequal access to power and resources, decentralisation and the promotion of participatory structures in local communities are a problem and the reliance on local networks as agents of development is questionable. 410 0$aBasel Southern Africa studies ;$v9. 606 $aSocial change$zSouth Africa$zJohannesburg 606 $aNeighborhoods$xSocial aspects$zSouth Africa$zJohannesburg 606 $aSuburbs$xSocial aspects$zSouth Africa$zJohannesburg 606 $aDemocratization$zSouth Africa 607 $aSouth Africa$xRace relations$y21st century 607 $aSouth Africa$xSocial conditions$y1994- 615 0$aSocial change 615 0$aNeighborhoods$xSocial aspects 615 0$aSuburbs$xSocial aspects 615 0$aDemocratization 676 $a303.40968221 700 $aScheidegger$b Ursula$01481602 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910797674503321 996 $aTransformation from below$93698645 997 $aUNINA