Contesting Transformation

Marcelle C. Dawson is a senior researcher in Social Change at the University of Johannesburg. She serves on the board of the International Sociological Association's Research Committee. She is co-editor of Contesting Transformation: Popular Resistance in Twenty-First Century South Africa (Pluto, 2014) and Popular Politics and Resistance Movements in South Africa (2010). Her work has been published in Citizenship Studies, Journal of Higher Education in Africa and Social Movement Studies.Luke Sinwell is a Senior Researcher at the University of Johannesburg. He is co-author of The Spirit of Marikana (Pluto, 2016) and Marikana: A View from the Mountain and a Case to Answer (Jacana, 2013), co-editor of Contesting Transformation: Popular Resistance in Twenty-First-Century South Africa (Pluto, 2014). He is the General Secretary of the South African Sociological Association (SASA).

• List of FiguresAcknowledgementsAbbreviations1. Transforming Scholarship: Soberly Reflecting on the Politics of Resistance - Marcelle C. Dawson and Luke Sinwell2. The Crisis of the Left in Contemporary South Africa - Dale T. McKinley3. Voice, Political Mobilisation and Repression under Jacob Zuma - Jane Duncan4. Barricades, Ballots and Experimentation: Making Sense of the 2011 Local Government Elections with a Social Movement Lens - Peter Alexander5. Insurgent Citizenship, Class Formation and the Dual Nature of a Community Protest: A Case Study of ‘Kungcatsha’ - Malose Langa and Karl von Holdt6. Unfolding Contradictions in the ‘Zuma Movement’: The Alliance in the Public Sector Strikes of 2007 and 2010 - Claire Ceruti7. Labour Strikes and Community Protests: Is There a Basis for Unity in Post-Apartheid South Africa? - Trevor Ngwane8. Agents of Change? Reflecting on the Impact of Social Movements in Post-Apartheid South Africa - Fiona Anciano9. Resisting Privatisation: Exploring Contradictory Consciousness and Activism in the Anti-Privatisation Forum - Carin Runciman10. The Challenge of Ecological Transformation in Post-Apartheid South Africa: The Re-emergence of an Environmental Justice Movement - Jacklyn Cock11. ‘Tacticians in the Struggle for Change’? Exploring the Dynamics between Legal Organisations and Social Movements Engaged in Rights-Based Struggles in South Africa - Kate Tissington12. How the Law Shapes and Structures Post-Apartheid Social Movements: Case Study of the Khulumani Support Group - Tshepo Madlingozi13. Managing Crisis and Desire in South Africa - Shannon Walsh14. Transforming Contestation: Some Closing Words - Luke Sinwell and Marcelle C. DawsonBibliographyAbout the Authors and EditorsIndex

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