The Decline of South Africa's Civic Organizations, 1990-1996
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2371597 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jeremy Seekings (0000-0002-8029-412X, University of Cape Town, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1996 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 135-157 |
| Publication date | 1996-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Critical Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0896-9205 • E-ISSN: 1569-1632 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/089692059602200307 |
| OpenAlex | W2117141995 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 18 |
| References cited | 19 |
Strategic choices were an important factor in the decline of neighborhood-based civic organizations in South Africa's black townships during the process of democratization. But these strategic choices need to be understood in terms of the initial character of civic organizations as a 'popular' rather than 'social' movement in the 1980s, and the changes in the political context in the early and mid-1990s. During 1990-92 civics sought to define distinct roles for themselves representing the 'community' or 'civil society.' But they did so within a conceptual framework that ignored, and could not accommodate, the emergence of 'political society' (i.e., a party system, competitive elections and representative government) at the local level. This ensured their marginalization during 1994-96
Civics · Civil society · Democracy · Democratization · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Social movement · Sociology · Law · Legal Issues in South Africa · Public Administration · South African History and Culture
Against ourselves – Local activists and the management of contradicting political loyalties
Broadcasting the Rainbow Nation
Political capital of ruling parties after regime change
Governing Cultural Diversity in South African Media Policy
Urban history in the new South Africa
From divided to integrated city
No home for revolutionaries
Crime and Punishment on the Margins of the Postapartheid State
Culture as cure
People, policy, history
Globalisation/Commodification or Deglobalisation/Decommodification in Urban South Africa
Moral Panic and Cultural Mobilization
Institutions, power and para-state alliances
The South African Transition
Civics, civility and race in post-apartheid South Africa
(Re-)Vitalizing the Concept of Organization
Claiming Community
Beyond Legibility
Challenging the political order
Popular Movements and Political Change in Mexico
Social differentiation, conflict and development in a South African township
Development and resistance
Civil society and local government negotiations
Life in an informal settlement
The African National Congress in the 1950s
Civil Society and Political Theory
The turn to the masses
Civil society and political theory
Civil Society in South Africa
Soweto
South Africa's Civic Association Movement
Civic Associations in Transitional Local Government Structures in South Africa
From the Barricades to the Ballot Box
| Unique citing works | 18 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,64 |
| Citation span | 1998 - 2024 (27) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 17 |