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Nationalism without a nation: The rise and fall of Zulu nationalism in South Africa's transition to democracy, 1975-99
(WILEY, 2003)
During South Africa’s transition from apartheid to democracy the most virulent opposition to change came from Zulu nationalism. Post‐apartheid, however, Zulu nationalism has largely waned. This is because Zulu nationalism ...
Return to the organic: Onions, artichokes and 'the debate' on the nation and modernity
(Berghahn Books, 2004)
There exist in intellectual history periods where, following intense deliberation on a question, something like a consensus emerges. Typically the consensus amounts to a refinement of the competing views on the question ...
Postmodernism and the reclaiming of tradition
(Berghahn books, 1998)
The history of the Zulu people is the history of myself'.1 In Africa,
as elsewhere, the notion of tradition is bound up with the discourses
of ethnicity and nationalism. Typically invoking pre-colonial identi-
ties ...
Postmodernism and the reclaiming of tradition
(Berghahn Books, 1998)
‘The history of the Zulu people is the history of myself’.1 In Africa,
as elsewhere, the notion of tradition is bound up with the discourses
of ethnicity and nationalism. Typically invoking pre-colonial identities
as ...
Rethinking multiculturalism: Cultural diversity and political theory
(SAGE, 2001)
Bhikhu Parekh’s voice has always been a distinctive one in the growing
chorus of political theorists who talk about the challenge of cultural diversity. His perspective is not easy to classify. He criticizes liberal, ...
Deconstructing ‘the foreign’: The limits of citizenship for explaining price competition in the Spaza sector in South Africa
(Taylor & Francis, 2016)
An important component of the informal economy in South Africa,
the Spaza sector is portrayed as dominated by foreign nationals who
outcompete South African shopkeepers on price. Indeed, this
business competition from ...
Representing Hamilton
(Taylor & Francis group, 2017)
In his most important book to date, Freedom is Power: Liberty Through Political Representation (2014b), Lawrence Hamilton offers what he describes as a realistic theory of freedom for
modern conditions, located in the ...
The election result and its implications for political party configuration
(Sabinet, 2004)
As a competition for both popular support and political office, Election 2004 deepened
the dominant-party system in South Africa. In terms of support, the African
National Congress (ANC) did better than ever. Indeed, its ...
The limits of participatory democracy and the rise of the informal politics of mediated representation in South Africa
(Taylor & Francis, 2016)
In general, South Africans view the formal participatory institutions
of their state as ineffective mechanisms for the realization of their
demands. Conversely, the reach of formalized civil society is
limited in terms ...
Response to Prathama Banerjee's sovereignty and ascendancy: south Asian reflections
(Academia, 2018)
In this fantastic, wide-ranging but closely argued paper Prathama Banerjee makes the case that the concept of sovereignty is not a universal concept, but rather that it has a particular, substantive meaning developed in ...