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Paul Hoffman. New South African Review 2
Contents
Preface
Introduction. New paths, old (com)promises?
THE PROMISE OF LIBERATION
NEW APPROACHES TO WORK
BROAD-BASED INEQUALITY?
A ‘GREEN ECONOMY’?
CIVIL SOCIETY, COMMUNITY AND THE STATE
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTIONS AND OPPOSITION POLITICS
RE-MAKING THE (COM)PROMISE OF LIBERATION
NOTES
REFERENCES
PART 1: POLITICS AND INTERNATIONAL. INTRODUCTION. The Zuma presidency: The politics of paralysis?
CHAPTER 1. The Tripartite Alliance and its discontents: Contesting the ‘National Democratic Revolution’ in the Zuma era
THE NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC REVOLUTION (NDR)
BETWEEN ‘SOCIAL MOVEMENT’ AND ‘POLITICAL’ UNIONISM
THE ROAD FROM POLOKWANE
CONTESTATION FROM WITHIN
INCREASING SACP-COSATU TENSIONS
CONTINUED, BUT DECLINING, SUPPORT FOR THE ALLIANCE
CONTESTATION FROM THE OUTSIDE
CONCLUSION
NOTES
REFERENCES
CHAPTER 2. The African National Congress and the Zanufication debate
THE SITUATION IN ZIMBABWE
EVIDENCE FOR THE ZANUFICATION THESIS
THE SQUANDERED PRESIDENCY
ZIMBABWE AND THE PATHOLOGIES OF ONE-PARTYISM
ZANUFICATION AND SOUTH AFRICA
KEY DIFFERENCES: The experience of liberation
THE ANC AND ZANU PF
THE WORKING CLASS AND THE TRADE UNIONS
INTERNAL DEMOCRACY
CONSTITUTIONALISM AND THE LIBERAL TRADITION
CONCLUSION
NOTES
REFERENCES
CHAPTER 3. Dancing like a monkey: the Democratic Alliance and opposition politics in South Africa1
THE ELECTORAL RISE OF THE DA
POLITICAL OPPOSITION, RACIAL IDENTITY AND OBSTACLES TO ELECTORAL PROGRESS
MONKEY BUSINESS: REMAKING THE PARTY’S IMAGE
CONCLUSION
NOTES
REFERENCES
CHAPTER 4. Democracy and accountability: Quo Vadis South Africa?1
LIMITS ON GOVERNMENT POWER
DOMESTIC LEGITIMACY OF THE CONSTITUTION
THE PROTECTION, PROMOTION AND ENFORCEMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS
EXACTING ACCOUNTABILITY: THE BILL OF RIGHTS
THE BASIC VALUES AND PRINCIPLES GOVERNING PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
CONCLUSION
NOTES
REFERENCES
CHAPTER 5. Civil society and participatory policy making in South Africa: Gaps and opportunities
THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK FOR PARTICIPATION. Participatory policy making and the democratic ‘deficit’
Deepening democracy
Participation or co-optation?
Innovations and approaches to participation
THE SOUTH AFRICAN CONTEXT. Legislative and constitutional framework for participation
EXISTING MECHANISMS FOR PARTICIPATION IN POLICY MAKING. The national and provincial spheres
Public hearings
Public access to portfolio committee meetings
Outreach programmes and information dissemination
Petitions
Izimbizo
Green/white paper processes
The local sphere
Ward committees
CIVIL SOCIETY PERCEPTIONS OF POLICY MAKING IN SOUTH AFRICA
Representation and voice
Learning from successes
The public versus the Protection of Constitutional Democracy against Terrorism Act of 2004
CONCLOSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS
NOTES
REFERENCES
CHAPTER 6. Bring back Kaiser Matanzima? Communal land, traditional leaders and the politics of nostalgia
CLRA AND THE GHOST OF CECIL JOHN RHODES
TRADITIONAL COUNCILS, HEADMEN AND THEIR AMAPHAKATHI
IDLE LANDS, RURAL LIVELIHOODS AND TENURE PREFERENCES
RIVAL CHIEFTAINCIES: TRADITIONAL LEADERS AND LOCAL COUNCILS
THE POLITICS OF NOSTALGIA
CONCLUSION
REFERENCES
CHAPTER 7. South Africa and ‘Southern Africa’: What relationship in 2011?
THE RELATIONSHIP OVERTIME
TOWARDS A MORE EFFECTIVE RELATIONSHIP
IN CONCLUSION
NOTES
REFERENCES
PART 2: ECONOMY AND SOCIETY. INTRODUCTION. Continuing crises, contradictions and contestation
CHAPTER 8 ‘The wages are low but they are better than nothing’: The dilemma of decent work and job creation in South Africa
PART ONE: The origins of decent work and its adoption in post-apartheid South Africa
Decent work in South Africa
PART TWO: Towards the progressive realisation of decent work
BUILDING A COMMON VISION
COMMUNITY WORK PROGRAMME
Conclusion. Laying the foundations for reducing the decent work deficit
NOTES
REFERENCES
CHAPTER 9. The crisis of childcare in South African public hospitals
HOW SEVERE IS THE CRISIS?
INCREASING CHILD MORTALITY
CHARACTERISING THE CRISIS
INSUFFICIENT EXPENDITURE ON HEALTH, HOSPITALS AND CHILD HEALTH
INEQUITY
CHANGING HEALTH ENVIRONMENT
HOSPITALS OPERATE WITHIN A DYSFUNCTIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM
MANAGEMENT CAPACITY CRISIS. The battle for the control of hospitals
SILOS OF MANAGEMENT
FINANCIAL CRISIS. Financial governance and poor fiscal discipline
HUMAN RESOURCES CRISIS. Staff shortages
CONDITIONS OF SERVICE
ABERRANT STAFF BEHAVIOUR
SERVICE DELIVERY CRISIS. Inadequate patient care
LACK OF ACCOUNTABILITY
SOLUTIONS
IMPROVED HOSPITAL AND WARD GOVERNANCE
IMPROVED STAFF AVAILABILITY, RETENTION AND DEVELOPMENT
APPLICATION OF NORMS AND STANDARDS
DISCIPLINE AND ACCOUNTABILITY
DISTRICT (REGIONAL) PAEDIATRICIANS
MORE RESOURCES FOR CHILDREN’S HEALTH
REFERENCES
CHAPTER 10. The worker cooperative alternative in South Africa
COOPERATIVE HISTORY OF DOUBLE FAILURE: Apartheid to post-apartheid cooperatives
THE EMERGENCE OF THE WORKER COOPERATIVE ALTERNATIVE
TRADE UNIONS, THE ECONOMIC CRISIS AND WORKER COOPERATIVES
NOMZAMO GARDENING AND GROUNDS WORKER COOPERATIVE
SIHLAHLA MURI RECYCLING WORKER COOPERATIVE
THE MINE-LINE TAP ENGINEERING WORKER COOPERATIVE
CONCLUSION
NOTES
REFERENCES
CHAPTER 11. Policing in the streets of South African townships1
INTRODUCTION
DEMOCRATIC POLICING
SO HOW SHOULD POLICING HAPPEN IN A DEMOCRATIC STATE?
PUBLIC AND HIDDEN TRANSCRIPTS
POLICE AND COMMUNITY TENSIONS IN A TOWNSHIP2
UNDERSTANDING THE CONTEXT OF THE COMMUNITY’S VIEWS
POLICE VIEWS
POSITIVE ASPECTS OF THE POLICE-COMMUNITY RELATIONSHIP
THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT
IMPLICATIONS FOR POLICING
NOTES
REFERENCES
CHAPTER 12. BEE reform: The case for an institutional perspective
OVERVIEW
CONCEPTUALISING BEE
THE ORIGINS AND EVOLUTIONARY PATH OF BEE
THE PERFORMANCE OF BEE POLICY
THE PROBLEM OF UNINTENDED OUTCOMES
THREE IMPORTANT REASONS FOR BEE REFORM
THE RATIONALE FOR AN INSTITUTIONAL APPROACH TO BEE REFORM
WHY DOES IT MATTER THAT BEE HAS EVOLVED INTO AN INSTITUTION?
SUMMARY
NOTES
REFERENCES
CHAPTER 13. Bokfontein amazes the nations: Community Work Programme (CWP) heals a traumatised community1
INTRODUCTION
BOKFONTEIN: A tale of two traumas
THE COMMUNITY WORK PROGRAMME (CWP)
ORGANISATION WORKSHOP (OW) AS A COMMUNITY-BUILDING MODEL
THE MEANING OF WORK FOR CWP PARTICIPANTS
SOME CWP PROJECTS IN BOKFONTEIN. Road construction
Food gardening
Water supply
Care workers
THE STRUCTURE OF CWP
OW, CWP AND RESISTANCE TO VIOLENCE
Breaking the cycle of violence
Mobilising against xenophobic violence
WHY WERE THERE NO COMMUNITY PROTESTS IN BOKFONTEIN?
POVERTY ALLEVIATION, THE DECOMMODIFICATION OF LABOUR AND SOCIAL CAPITAL FORMATION
ADDRESSING COLLECTIVE TRAUMA AND POVERTY
CHALLENGES OF IMPLEMENTING CWP
NOTES
References
PART 3: ENVIRONMENT. INTRODUCTION. Ecological threats and the crisis of civilisation
NOTES
CHAPTER 14. Above and beyond South Africa’s minerals-energy complex1
INTRODUCTION
GREEN ECONOMY OPPORTUNITIES FOR A U-TURN?
CLIMATE CHANGE AND CARBON MARKETS
GREENWASHING ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM
WITWATERSRAND WATER CATASTROPHE
ESKOM’S COAL-FIRED ELECTRICITY EXPANSION
CONCLUSION
NOTES
REFERENCES
CHAPTER 15. Corrosion and externalities: the socio-economic impacts of acid mine drainage on the Witwatersrand
INTRODUCTION
ACID MINE DRAINAGE: The problem
West Rand basin
East Rand basin
Central basin
POLICY QUESTIONS. Regulation
Liability
Disputes over solutions
Public participation and activism
CONCLUSION
NOTES
REFERENCES
CHAPTER 16. Food versus fuel? State, business, civil society and the bio-fuels debate in South Africa, 2003 to 2010
INTRODUCTION
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
INTERESTED PARTIES
SUPPORT FOR THE DRAFT STRATEGY
RISING FOOD PRICES
THE BIO-FUELS INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY
AFTER THE FOOD PRICE CRISIS
CONCLUSION
NOTES
REFERENCES
PART 4: MEDIA. INTRODUCTION. Media transformation and the right to know
CHAPTER 17. The print media transformation dilemma
RACE OR CLASS? EARLIER MEDIA TRANSFORMATION DEBATES
AN OVERVIEW OF THE PRINT MEDIA SECTOR
THE STATE OF BROAD-BASED BLACK ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT IN THE PRINT MEDIA
EDITORIAL AND CONTENT TRANSFORMATION
THE BORG LOOMS LARGE: Tensions between corporate and community media
CONCLUSION: The hollowing-out of the media transformation debate
NOTES
REFERENCES
CHAPTER 18. The South African Broadcasting Corporation: The creation and loss of a citizenship vision and the possibilities for building a new one
INTRODUCTION
BRIEF HISTORY OF THE SABC’S PRESENT CRISES
A ‘BLUEPRINT’ FOR PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING
MEDIA POLICY PERSPECTIVES – THE EARLY 1990S AND BEYOND
THE CREATION OF A ‘SUBSTANTIVE DEMOCRATIC’ VISION AND ITS MARKET REVERSAL – THE MIDDLE TO LATE 1990S
MARKET DOMINANCE CONTINUES BUT NOT UNCONTESTED – THE EARLY 2000s
THE EMPTY PROMISE OF ‘TOTAL CITIZENSHIP EMPOWERMENT’ – STATISIM AND CONFUSION – 2005 TO THE PRESENT
THE SOS COALITION’S CRITIQUE OF THE CRISES AND STEPS TOWARDS CREATING A NEW CITIZENSHIP VISION
CONCLUSION
NOTES
REFERENCES
Contributors
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