State “Infrastructural Power” and the Bantustans: The Case of School Education in the Transkei and Ciskei
TL;DR: In this paper, the authority of the state and its "infrastructural power" in school education in the Eastern Cape bantustans during and after "homeland" rule is explored.
Abstract: In this article I explore the authority of the state (and its “infrastructural power”) in school education in the Eastern Cape bantustans during and after “homeland” rule. I focus my narrative on t...
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TL;DR: In this paper, a theory of the modern state is proposed, which is based on the industrial revolution and old regime liberalism in Britain, 1760-1880 and the emergence of classes and nations.
Abstract: Preface to the second edition 1. Introduction 2. Economic and ideological power relations 3. A theory of the modern state 4. The Industrial Revolution and old regime liberalism in Britain, 1760-1880 5. The American Revolution and the institutionalisation of confederal capitalist liberalism 6. The French Revolution and the bourgeois nation 7. Conclusion to chapters 4-6: the emergence of classes and nations 8. Geopolitics and international capitalism 9. Struggle over Germany, I: Prussia and authoritarian national capitalism 10. Struggle over Germany, II: Austria and confederal representation 11. The rise of the modern state, I: quantitative data 12. The rise of the modern state, II: the autonomy of military power 13. The rise of the modern state, III: bureaucratization 14. The rise of the modern state, IV: the expansion of civilian scope 15. The resistible rise of the British working class, 1815-80 16. The middle class nation 17. Class struggle in the second industrial revolution, 1880-1914, I: Great Britain 18. Class struggle in the second industrial revolution, 1880-1914, II: comparative analysis of working class movements 19. Class struggle in the second industrial revolution, 1880-1914, III: the peasantry 20. Theoretical conclusion: classes, states, nations, and the sources of social power 21. Empirical culmination - over the top: geopolitics, class struggle, and World War I Appendix.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present an analysis of the political development of a remote region of, say, Fiji, uninfluenced by previous knowledge of the area, eit...
Abstract: Imagine yourself, dear southern African reader, setting out to produce an analysis of the political development of a remote region of, say, Fiji, uninfluenced by previous knowledge of the area, eit...
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01 Jan 2008
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors specify the origins, mechanisms and results of the autonomous power which the state possesses in relation to the major power groups of "civil society" and argue that state autonomy, of both despotic and infrastructural forms, flows principally from the state's unique ability to provide a territorially centralised form of organization.
Abstract: This essay tries to specify the origins, mechanisms and results of the autonomous power which the state possesses in relation to the major power groupings of ‘civil society’. The argument is couched generally, but it derives from a large, ongoing empirical research project into the development of power in human societies. At the moment, my generalisations are bolder about agrarian societies; concerning industrial societies I will be more tentative. I define the state and then pursue the implications of that definition. I discuss two essential parts of the definition, centrality and territoriality, in relation to two types of state power, termed here despotic and infrastructural power. I argue that state autonomy, of both despotic and infrastructural forms, flows principally from the state's unique ability to provide a territorially-centralised form of organization.
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01 Jan 1996
TL;DR: Forty Lost Tears as discussed by the authors explores the ongoing conflicts inside the National Party in the context of the broader political struggles of South Africa and the apartheid state, and analyzes the nature and functioning of the apartheid economy, the role of big business and foreign governments, military strategy, the evolution of Afrikaner literature, and the changing relationship with the Broederbond.
Abstract: Forty Lost Tears is a penetrating analysis of the bleakest period of South African history: the long and violent reign of the National Party began with D. E Malan's surprise victory in the 1948 election and persisted until E W. de Klerk's concession of power and South Africa's first democratic election in 1994. Building on the author's earlier work on Afrikaner nationalism, this pioneering work explores the ongoing conflicts inside the National Party in the context of the broader political struggles of South Africa and the apartheid state.Exhaustively researched and fully illustrated with contemporary photographs and cartoons, Professor O'Meara's study analyzes the nature and functioning of the apartheid economy, the role of big business and foreign governments, military strategy, the evolution of Afrikaner literature, and the National Party's changing relationship with the Afrikaner Broederbond.Forty Lost Years is more than a compelling history: Dan O'Meara offers unique and subtle insights into questions of how the past both shapes the present and limits the future.
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01 Jan 2005
TL;DR: In this paper, a historical analysis of the embattled structures of rural local governance in South Africa, with specific reference to the role of traditional authorities in Xhalanga in the Eastern Cape, is presented.
Abstract: This book offers a historical analysis of the embattled structures of rural local governance in South Africa, with specific reference to the role of traditional authorities in Xhalanga in the Eastern Cape. More specifically, the book illustrates how at least in the Xhalanga district chieftainship was contested from the establishment of the district in 1865 to the advent of democracy in South Africa. Two related themes are addressed: the question of the survival of traditional authorities up to the postcolonial/apartheid era and the question of how traditional authorities derive their authority and legitimacy. The book shows that the survival of traditional authorities can be linked directly to their control of the land allocation process, rather than popular support. The issue of the legitimacy of traditional authorities, especially in a democracy, is investigated against the background of the tension in the 1993 Interim Constitution and the 1996 Constitution, which recognized the institution of traditional leadership. These constitutions, along with emerging post-1994 legislation, advocated a form of democracy that was based on the liberal principles of representation at all levels of government, including local government, while, at the same time, recognizing a hereditary institution of traditional leadership for rural residents. [ASC Leiden abstract].
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01 Jan 1993
TL;DR: In this article, a theory of the modern state is proposed, which is based on the industrial revolution and old regime liberalism in Britain, 1760-1880 and the emergence of classes and nations.
Abstract: Preface to the second edition 1. Introduction 2. Economic and ideological power relations 3. A theory of the modern state 4. The Industrial Revolution and old regime liberalism in Britain, 1760-1880 5. The American Revolution and the institutionalisation of confederal capitalist liberalism 6. The French Revolution and the bourgeois nation 7. Conclusion to chapters 4-6: the emergence of classes and nations 8. Geopolitics and international capitalism 9. Struggle over Germany, I: Prussia and authoritarian national capitalism 10. Struggle over Germany, II: Austria and confederal representation 11. The rise of the modern state, I: quantitative data 12. The rise of the modern state, II: the autonomy of military power 13. The rise of the modern state, III: bureaucratization 14. The rise of the modern state, IV: the expansion of civilian scope 15. The resistible rise of the British working class, 1815-80 16. The middle class nation 17. Class struggle in the second industrial revolution, 1880-1914, I: Great Britain 18. Class struggle in the second industrial revolution, 1880-1914, II: comparative analysis of working class movements 19. Class struggle in the second industrial revolution, 1880-1914, III: the peasantry 20. Theoretical conclusion: classes, states, nations, and the sources of social power 21. Empirical culmination - over the top: geopolitics, class struggle, and World War I Appendix.
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