Willem Van Vuuren
Biographic Data
| ID | 4248113 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Willem Van Vuuren |
| GIVEN NAMES | Willem |
| FAMILY NAME | Van Vuuren |
| SIGNATURE | VAN VUUREN W |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of the Western Cape |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1985 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Ideologies of racial nationalism
This paper critically analyzes the means–ends rationality inherent in three ideologies of racial nationalism. Although such an instrumental rationality may be based on an irrational racist nationalist mythology that exploits the emotive power of mythic narratives and images of race and nation, nationalist ideology also appeals to people's reason and their need to rationalize or legitimize relations of political inequality and domination. In this …
African identity, Africanism and transformation
Makgoba, MW (1997) Alokoko ‐The Makgoba Affair: A Reflection on Transformation (Florida, SA: VivliaPublishers
Transition politics and the prospects of democratic consolidation in South Africa
The paper explores the prospects of the fledgling South African democracy to stabilize into a lasting one. On the assumption, offered by Karl & Schmitter, that the mode of transition is a significant determinant of democratic consolidation, a conceptual model developed by them is used to analyze the type and possibilities of the South African transition. Characterizing this transition as a combination of “pacting” and “reform” provides a mixed ty…
The dynamics of Ideological Politics and Tendency Towards Negative Achievement
Symbolic politics and the electoral success of policy failure in South Africa
A critical analysis of symbolic politics in South Africa is used in this article to explain an apparent anomaly in White political behaviour, namely, why the government succeeds in maintaining reformist public support despite its failure to achieve its publicly declared reform objectives, particularly in the field of constitutional change. It concludes that the government's ability to manipulate political symbols blunts reformism and makes effect…
Domination through reform
This article offers a framework for the critical analysis of reform as a factor for stabilizing existing relations of domination in South Africa. For this purpose it presents a working definition of domination and focuses on two interacting areas of the government's reform strategy. On the one hand it considers reform as manifested in a formal process of constitutional change, and on the other hand, it views reform as reflected in shifting ideolo…
Transition politics and the prospects of democratic consolidation in South Africa
The paper explores the prospects of the fledgling South African democracy to stabilize into a lasting one. On the assumption, offered by Karl & Schmitter, that the mode of transition is a significant determinant of democratic consolidation, a conceptual model developed by them is used to analyze the type and possibilities of the South African transition. Characterizing this transition as a combination of “pacting” and “reform” provides a mixed ty…
Ideologies of racial nationalism
This paper critically analyzes the means–ends rationality inherent in three ideologies of racial nationalism. Although such an instrumental rationality may be based on an irrational racist nationalist mythology that exploits the emotive power of mythic narratives and images of race and nation, nationalist ideology also appeals to people's reason and their need to rationalize or legitimize relations of political inequality and domination. In this …
Domination through reform
This article offers a framework for the critical analysis of reform as a factor for stabilizing existing relations of domination in South Africa. For this purpose it presents a working definition of domination and focuses on two interacting areas of the government's reform strategy. On the one hand it considers reform as manifested in a formal process of constitutional change, and on the other hand, it views reform as reflected in shifting ideolo…
The dynamics of Ideological Politics and Tendency Towards Negative Achievement
Domination through reform
This article offers a framework for the critical analysis of reform as a factor for stabilizing existing relations of domination in South Africa. For this purpose it presents a working definition of domination and focuses on two interacting areas of the government's reform strategy. On the one hand it considers reform as manifested in a formal process of constitutional change, and on the other hand, it views reform as reflected in shifting ideolo…
Symbolic politics and the electoral success of policy failure in South Africa
A critical analysis of symbolic politics in South Africa is used in this article to explain an apparent anomaly in White political behaviour, namely, why the government succeeds in maintaining reformist public support despite its failure to achieve its publicly declared reform objectives, particularly in the field of constitutional change. It concludes that the government's ability to manipulate political symbols blunts reformism and makes effect…
The dynamics of Ideological Politics and Tendency Towards Negative Achievement
Transition politics and the prospects of democratic consolidation in South Africa
The paper explores the prospects of the fledgling South African democracy to stabilize into a lasting one. On the assumption, offered by Karl & Schmitter, that the mode of transition is a significant determinant of democratic consolidation, a conceptual model developed by them is used to analyze the type and possibilities of the South African transition. Characterizing this transition as a combination of “pacting” and “reform” provides a mixed ty…
African identity, Africanism and transformation
Makgoba, MW (1997) Alokoko ‐The Makgoba Affair: A Reflection on Transformation (Florida, SA: VivliaPublishers
Ideologies of racial nationalism
This paper critically analyzes the means–ends rationality inherent in three ideologies of racial nationalism. Although such an instrumental rationality may be based on an irrational racist nationalist mythology that exploits the emotive power of mythic narratives and images of race and nation, nationalist ideology also appeals to people's reason and their need to rationalize or legitimize relations of political inequality and domination. In this …
Political science (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Law (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Politics (5 works) · Political economy (4 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Ideology (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works)