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Author Ngwane, Trevor.

Title Amakomiti : Grassroots democracy in South African shack settlements / Trevor Ngwane.

Publication Info. London : Pluto Press, 2021.
©2021

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Description 1 online resource.
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Series Wildcat : workers' movements and global capitalism
Wildcat (Pluto Press)
Contents Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- List of Photos -- List of Abbreviations and Acronyms -- Series Preface -- Preface -- 1. Introduction: Disrupting Private Land Ownership? -- 2. 'The People Cannot Live in the Air': History of the Squatter Movement in South Africa -- 3. Amakomiti are Everywhere -- 4. Fatal Embrace by the ANC in Duncan Village -- 5. Iinkundla of Nkaneng: The Rural in the Urban Dialectic -- 6. Thembelihle Settlement: A Vision of Hope -- 7. Amakomiti: A Vision of Alternatives -- Postscript: Covid-19 and the Shacks
Appendix 1: List of Case Study Interviews -- Appendix 2: List of Research Tour Interviews and Places Visited -- Notes -- Index
Summary A fascinating ethnography of the democratic organisation of shack settlements in South Africa.
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Subject Citizens' associations -- South Africa.
Citizens' associations.
South Africa.
Squatter settlements -- South Africa.
Squatter settlements.
Slums -- South Africa.
Slums.
Democracy -- South Africa.
Democracy.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: 9780745341996 0745341993 (OCoLC)1235761038
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