Southern Resistance in Critical Perspective

Marcel Paret is Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Utah, USA, and Senior Research Associate at the Centre for Social Change at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa. Carin Runciman is Senior Researcher at the Centre for Social Change at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa. Luke Sinwell is Senior Researcher at the Centre for Social Change at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa.

• List of Figures and TableNotes on Contributors PrefaceList of AbbreviationsChapter 1 - Southern Resistance in Critical PerspectivePart I: Global FormationsChapter 2 - Social Movements in the Neoliberal Age Chapter 3 - South African Social Movements in the Neoliberal AgePart II: Community FormationsChapter 4 - Postcolonial Politics: Theorizing Protest from Spaces of ExclusionChapter 5 - South Africa ‘Unrest’ or Rebellion: A Focus on Durban Community ProtestsChapter 6 - Social Movements Beyond Incorporation: The Case of the Housing Assembly in Post-Apartheid Cape TownPart III: Local State FormationsChapter 7 - Party Politics and Community Mobilisation in Buffalo City, East LondonChapter 8 - Protests, Party Politics, and Patronage: A View from Zandpsruit Informal Settlement, JohannesburgPart IV: Labour FormationsChapter 9 - Changing Forms of Power and Municipal Worker Resistance in JohannesburgChapter 10 - Organic Intellectuals and Leadership in South Africa’s Contemporary Mineworkers’ MovementPart V: Left FormationsChapter 11 - South Africa’s New Left Movements: Challenges and HopesIndex