Dave Cooper
Biographic Data
| ID | 3923057 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Dave Cooper |
| GIVEN NAMES | Dave |
| FAMILY NAME | Cooper |
| SIGNATURE | COOPER D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Cape Town |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Introduction
War of position and movement
The article examines Gramsci's concepts of ‘war of position’ (trench warfare) and ‘war of movement’ (frontal assault), and allied concepts of ‘civil society’, ‘united front’ and ‘counterhegemonic apparatuses’. It argues that these concepts underpin new forms of socialist politics: embodying more stagist wars of position. These concepts emerged from reflection on the defeats of workers' movements in the relatively industrialised societies of Centr…
Technikons and Higher Education Restructuring
The paper examines technikons in South Africa with respect to some of their internal characteristics, and in relation to debates about their place in the system of higher education as a whole, currently being assessed by the new National Commission on Higher Education. Internally it is shown that technikons lag the universities by 1:3 in terms of student enrolments, and nearly half of the 100,000 (in 1991) students were enrolled at the distance l…
Portraits of Paradise
Locating South Africa in the third world
This paper argues that a comparative study of trade union movements in South Africa and South America reveals interesting similarities, particularly in relation to “political” trade unionism. It is argued that the historical development and nature of trade union organisation in South Africa follows more closely the patterns in the more industrialised countries of South America (Chile, Brazil and Argentina) than those of tropical Africa. An import…
Portraits of Paradise
Technikons and Higher Education Restructuring
The paper examines technikons in South Africa with respect to some of their internal characteristics, and in relation to debates about their place in the system of higher education as a whole, currently being assessed by the new National Commission on Higher Education. Internally it is shown that technikons lag the universities by 1:3 in terms of student enrolments, and nearly half of the 100,000 (in 1991) students were enrolled at the distance l…
Locating South Africa in the third world
This paper argues that a comparative study of trade union movements in South Africa and South America reveals interesting similarities, particularly in relation to “political” trade unionism. It is argued that the historical development and nature of trade union organisation in South Africa follows more closely the patterns in the more industrialised countries of South America (Chile, Brazil and Argentina) than those of tropical Africa. An import…
Locating South Africa in the third world
This paper argues that a comparative study of trade union movements in South Africa and South America reveals interesting similarities, particularly in relation to “political” trade unionism. It is argued that the historical development and nature of trade union organisation in South Africa follows more closely the patterns in the more industrialised countries of South America (Chile, Brazil and Argentina) than those of tropical Africa. An import…
Portraits of Paradise
Technikons and Higher Education Restructuring
The paper examines technikons in South Africa with respect to some of their internal characteristics, and in relation to debates about their place in the system of higher education as a whole, currently being assessed by the new National Commission on Higher Education. Internally it is shown that technikons lag the universities by 1:3 in terms of student enrolments, and nearly half of the 100,000 (in 1991) students were enrolled at the distance l…
War of position and movement
The article examines Gramsci's concepts of ‘war of position’ (trench warfare) and ‘war of movement’ (frontal assault), and allied concepts of ‘civil society’, ‘united front’ and ‘counterhegemonic apparatuses’. It argues that these concepts underpin new forms of socialist politics: embodying more stagist wars of position. These concepts emerged from reflection on the defeats of workers' movements in the relatively industrialised societies of Centr…
Introduction
Political science (4 works) · Economics (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Economy (2 works) · Industrialisation (2 works) · International trade (2 works) · Political economy (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Trade union (2 works)