Asinamali
Aspiration, debt and citizenship in South Africa's #FeesMustFall protests
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8361978 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Chris Webb (0000-0002-7424-8020, University of Toronto, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 627-634 |
| Publication date | 2019-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Area (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0004-0894 • E-ISSN: 1475-4762 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/area.12489 |
| OpenAlex | W2885103920 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 28 |
South Africa's #FeesMustFall protests have widely been seen as a reckoning with the limitations of post‐apartheid citizenship and young people's frustrations over the slow pace of socio‐economic transformation. This paper seeks to analyse how working‐class students from one township community interpreted these protests. It argues that the protests reflected collective aspirations toward social mobility among working‐class students and concerns over the threat that high levels of future debt posed to this mobility. It contributes to geographical research on young people's experiences of debt by highlighting how the burden of debt intersects with experiences of racialised poverty and inequality. It suggests that young people's aspirations, even in the context of neoliberalism, frequently focused on collective social mobility and family well‐being. Finally, it proposes global comparative research on young people's experiences of debt and economic uncertainty in order to understand this increasingly globalised phenomenon and its political consequences
Citizenship · Context (archaeology) · Debt · Economic growth · Economics · Inequality · Middle class · Neoliberalism (international relations) · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Poverty · Sociology · Working class · Cultural Industries and Urban Development · Gender Studies · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Law · Youth Education and Societal Dynamics
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The Time of Youth
The complexity of aspiration
Emotional geographies of young people's aspirations for adult life
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Maria's Burden
Individualising the future
Young people and debt
Decolonising geographical knowledges
The New Black Middle Class in South Africa
Studying together, living apart
From expectations to aspirations
For the future of the nation
Debt space
Racial Desegregation and Schooling in South Africa
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| Unique citing works | 10 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,25 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2026 (9) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |