Redefining defence in the post-apartheid security imaginary: The politics of meaning-fixing
| Title: | Redefining defence in the post-apartheid security imaginary: The politics of meaning-fixing |
| Author: | Pretorius, Joelien |
| Abstract: | This article traces the politics of meaning-fixing with respect to the role of the defence force as apartheid declined from the mid-1980s, as it was negotiated from a current to a past organising principle of the “security imaginary” in the period 1990 to 1994 and as the post-apartheid period commenced after the 1994 elections. |
| Subject: | Defence Security Post-apartheid |
| Citation: | Pretorius, J. (2008). Redefining defence in the post-apartheid security imaginary: The politics of meaning-fixing. Journal for Contemporary History. 33(2): 35-56 |
| Rights: | Copyright University of Free State. Permission was granted for inclusion of this article in the Repository. |
| Type: | Article |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10566/454 |
| Date: | 2008 |
| Peer reviewed: | Yes |
| Accredited Publication: | Department of HE and Training approved list |
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