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1 online resource |
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South Africa's Insurgent Citizens-Front Cover; South Africa's Insurgent Citizens; Title page; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1: Country of Protest; A country of protest; Protest and political expression; A disruption of the sensible; Political repression and the restoration of order; The dynamic of expression and repression; Chapter 2: Politics after Apartheid; Perspectives on a fractured politics; An explosion of protest; The state and its citizens; South Africa's political order; Chapter 3: Citizenship and Insurgency; Disruptive citizenship. |
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The discourses of legitimacy and empowermentXenophobia and other illiberal politics; The dynamic of disruption and discipline; Chapter 4: From Discipline to Repression; Protest and political expression after apartheid; The Regulation of Gatherings Act; The policing of licensed protest; Spontaneity and violence; The 'criminal injustice system'; Chapter 5: Political Ambiguities; Securing legal support; The ambiguities of engagement; Contesting elections; Chapter 6: Making Politics from and in the Courtroom; 'Public interest' litigation; Contingency, equality and the law. |
| Summary |
A lively and argumentative analysis of contemporary South African politics that shows how the dream of a 'rainbow nation' consensus has fractured, making space for new political possibilities to emerge. |
| Local Note |
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Post-apartheid era -- South Africa.
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Post-apartheid era. |
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South Africa. |
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Electronic books.
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Print version: Brown, Julian. South Africa's Insurgent Citizens : On Dissent and the Possibility of Politics. London : Zed Books, ©2015 9781783602971 |
| ISBN |
1783602996 (electronic book) |
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9781783602995 (electronic book) |
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