The Use of 'Community' in South Africa's 2011 Local Government Elections
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2303340 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Udo Richard Averweg (IT project manager in the Information Management Unit at eThekwini Municipality, Durban, South Africa.), Marcus Leaning (0000-0002-8985-2431, The department head of the School of Media and Film at the University of Winchester, United Kingdom.) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 50 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 101-111 |
| Publication date | 2015-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Africa Spectrum (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-0397 • E-ISSN: 1868-6869 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/000203971505000206 |
| OpenAlex | W1922119384 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 9 |
In South Africa, local government elections are held every five years, with the next ones scheduled for 2016. During the last local government elections in 2011, much media coverage was given to political parties' manifestos and slogans. They are frequently layered with social and political references, and the terms used are often emotionally resonant across a broad spectrum of the electorate. One term frequently found in such rhetoric is 'community.' This article explores the term as it was used in a number of different political parties' manifestos during the 2011 local government elections. The authors utilise research methods that allow a neutral interrogation of the manifestos
General election · Government (linguistics · Interrogation · Local government · Political economy · Political rhetoric · Political science · Politics · Rhetoric · Sociology · Term (time · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Law · Public Administration · South African History and Culture
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |