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Karl von Holdt
Researcher at University of the Witwatersrand
Publications - 18
Citations - 658
Karl von Holdt is an academic researcher from University of the Witwatersrand. The author has contributed to research in topics: Subaltern & Habitus. The author has an hindex of 10, co-authored 15 publications receiving 606 citations.
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Social Movement Unionism: the Case of South Africa
TL;DR: In the context of renewed international debates about the significance of social movement unionism, the authors undertakes a detailed analysis of Social Movement unionism in a South African steelworkers' union.
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South Africa: the transition to violent democracy
TL;DR: In this article, the authors analyse three different forms of collective violence in South Africa: coercion, assassination, and collective violence mobilisation, and conclude that violence remains a critical resource in a struggle for ascendancy which democratic institutions are used for.
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Nationalism, Bureaucracy and the Developmental State: The South African Case
TL;DR: In this paper, a concrete analysis of the workings of the post-apartheid South African state bureaucracy, within the state hospitals and provincial health departments, in an effort to understand the reasons for its poor functioning is presented.
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Conversations with Bourdieu: The Johannesburg Moment
Michael Burawoy,Karl von Holdt +1 more
TL;DR: Conversations with Bourdieu as mentioned in this paper presents a comprehensive attempt at a critical engagement with the sociologist's theory as a totality, starting with Marx, and proceeding through Gramsci, Fanon, Freire, de Beauvoir, and Mills.
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The violence of order, orders of violence: Between Fanon and Bourdieu:
TL;DR: This article used the high levels of collective violence associated with contentious politics in South Africa as a prism through which to explore the confrontation between a sociology of the West, and South Africa's politics.