Our Struggle is for the Full Loaf

Protests, Social Welfare and Gendered Citizenship in South Africa

Bibliographic Data

ID4604380
AuthorsA Goebel (0000-0001-8494-7661, Queen's University, corresponding author)
Year2011
Volume37
Issue2
Pages369-388
Publication date2011-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Southern African Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0305-7070 • E-ISSN: 1465-3893
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/03057070.2011.579437
PMID22026030
OpenAlexW2107164622
LanguageEN
Citations received7

The waves of popular protest sweeping contemporary South Africa are inadequately explained by anti-globalisation, anti-neoliberal and even anti-government sentiments and analysis. Attention to the gendered dynamics of township life, including the nature of households, gender relations and the critical importance of social welfare provisions to poor women and their households, yields a revised understanding of protests and movements. The Durban-based shack-dwellers' movement Abahlali baseMjondolo is used to illustrate these points, as are original quantitative and qualitative data from urban townships in KwaZulu-Natal

Citizenship · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Social citizenship · Social Welfare · Sociology · Welfare · Gender Studies · Human Rights and Development · Law · Legal Issues in South Africa · South African History and Culture

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