Journal•ISSN: 1994-1080
Journal of Political Studies
About: Journal of Political Studies is an academic journal. The journal publishes majorly in the area(s): Politics & Democracy. It has an ISSN identifier of 1994-1080. Over the lifetime, 620 publications have been published receiving 3523 citations.
Topics: Politics, Democracy, Foreign policy, Population, International relations
Papers published on a yearly basis
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TL;DR: The ambivalent relationship between the process of truth and reconciliation and the project of nation building is also analysed in this article, where the authors argue that the continuities from cultural nationalist ideologies of the apartheid era into the post-apartheid present reveal this clearly.
Abstract: Post-apartheid South Africa has seen a resurgence of cultural nationalism, presenting itself in the form of Ubuntu. Instead of developing democratic institutions and a viable democratic culture, an obsession with nation building has developed, the nature of which, and the strategies of exclusion that are employed to promote it, is contrary to the development of democracy. The continuities from cultural nationalist ideologies of the apartheid era into the post-apartheid present reveal this clearly. The nationalist ideology of Ubuntu glorifies an imagined past. With its emphasis on community values, it promotes an attitude of conformity. The ambivalent relationship between the process of truth and reconciliation and the project of nation building is also analysed in this article.
95 citations
TL;DR: This paper argued that maintaining the strategic balance between these goals has been difficult to achieve, in large part because the women's movement has been relatively weak, apart from a brief moment in the early 1990s.
Abstract: This article explores the ways in which the contemporary women's movement in South Africa has been shaped by its own recent history as well as by the changes in the political landscape since 1994. The article argues that the striking feature of the past decade is the manner in which the strategy of inclusion of women in formal political institutions of state and party has tended to displace the transformatory goals of structural and social change. Both goals, of inclusion and transformation, were held to be mutually dependent by women's movement activists throughout the 1980s and 1990s. However, the article shows that maintaining the strategic balance between these goals has been difficult to achieve, in large part because the women's movement has been relatively weak, apart from a brief moment in the early 1990s. The argument outlines the theoretical and strategic debates relating to definitions of the term ‘women's movement’ in South Africa, and then identifies and classifies different forms of...
80 citations
TL;DR: In South Africa, the Child Support Grant (CSG) is paid to the primary caregiver of every poor child under the age of 14, which is reaching millions of children as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: Although South Africa's democracy is only ten years old, the country has one of the most extensive welfare systems of any developing country in the world. The Constitution provides a right to social security. A monthly grant (the Child Support Grant) paid to the primary caregiver of every poor child under the age of 14 is reaching millions of children. However, the introduction of this grant coincided with the loss of a previous grant paid to the parents of the child. In South Africa today there is no financial support for parents themselves and no recognition of or compensation for their caring work. The grant has helped many mothers to feed and school their children and may also have improved their own status in some ways. At the same time, many young mothers have come under attack by being accused of becoming pregnant to access the grant and of abusing the payments. While the roll out of the grant has been very successful, problems remain in its implementation that create barriers to access fo...
77 citations
TL;DR: In this article, a study of five merger cases in recent South African higher education was conducted, and the authors examined why in each case, the mergers proceeded despite intense opposition from the entities involved.
Abstract: Drawing on a study of five merger cases in recent South African higher education, this article examines why in each case, the mergers proceeded despite intense opposition from the entities ...
67 citations
TL;DR: Kanbur argues that such are the needs of Africa's poor that NEPAD faces the risk that the demands on its resources will be greater than can be met and suggests that its proposed programmes be prioritized against three main criteria as mentioned in this paper : are they well-suited to a regional organizations and they duplicate the efforts of other regional groups? Do they require the authority of an institution rooted in democratic values? Will they directly and indirectly benefit the African poor?
Abstract: This article, originally delivered as a public lecture in Pretoria at a forum hosted by the Southern African Regional Poverty Network (SARPN), outlines the key structural features of the newly launched and South African government-driven New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD), as well as the main ways by which it intends to pursue its goal of poverty reduction in Africa. Kanbur argues that such are the needs of Africa's poor that NEPAD faces the risk that the demands on its resources will be greater than can be met and suggests that its proposed programmes be prioritized against three main criteria--are they well-suited to a regional organizations and they duplicate the efforts of other regional groupings? Do they require the authority of an institution rooted in democratic values? Will they directly and indirectly benefit the African poor?
61 citations