The Dark Side of Democracy
Migration, Xenophobia and Human Rights in South Africa
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9952913 |
|---|---|
| Authors | J Crush (0000-0003-3342-3192, Queen's University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2001 |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 103-133 |
| Publication date | 2001-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Migration (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-7985 • E-ISSN: 1468-2435 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/1468-2435.00145 |
| OpenAlex | W2090372987 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 83 |
South Africa prides itself on having one of the most progressive constitutions in the world. The Bill of Rights guarantees a host of basic political, cultural and socio‐economic rights to all who are resident in the country. Yet there have been persistent reports that citizen intolerance of non‐citizens, refugees and migrants has escalated dramatically since 1994. This article documents this process through presentation of results of national public opinion surveyed by the Southern African Migration Project (SAMP). The surveys show that intolerance is extremely pervasive and growing in intensity and seriousness. Abuse of migrants and refugees has intensified and there is little support for the idea of migrant rights. Only one group of South Africans, a small minority with regular personal contact with non‐citizens, is significantly more tolerant. These findings do not augur well for migrant and refugee rights in this newly democratic country, or early acceptance of the UN Convention on the protection of migrant workers
Convention · Democracy · Development economics · Economics · Great Rift · Human rights · Political science · Politics · Refugee · Seriousness · Torture · Xenophobia · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics · Human Rights and Development · Law · Legal Issues in South Africa
Un Análisis Conceptual Del Tráfico De Mujeres Y Su Tipología De Origen
Under the Rainbow
Truth Commissions and Transitional Justice
Impact of migration on economic and social development
Ethnic politics, economic reform and democratisation in Africa
How Eritreans in South Africa Talk about Their Refugee Experiences
Navigating Black Identity
Digital Xenophobia
Xenophobia in South Africa
Exploring the Implications of Philoxenia on Social Cohesion between South Africans and African Immigrants
Xenophobia and Citizenship in Meg Vandermerwe’s Zebra Crossing
Afrophobia, “black on black” violence and the new racism in South Africa
The Contribution of a community-based organisation in challenging xenophobia through participation
Theatre for social change
Protracted refugee situations and the shrinking durable solutions
A Systems Thinking Approach to Mitigating Xenophobia in South Africa for Socio‐Economic Development
‘Day Labour’ and ‘Xenophobia’ in South Africa
“We Are All Migrants”
Strangers in the Land
Understanding Xenophobia in South Africa
Vernacular discourse, emergent political languages and belonging in Southern Africa
The Labour Market Impacts of Immigration to Developing Countries
From Integration to Repatriation. Flight, Displacement, and Expulsion in Post-colonial Africa
Mean Streets
South Africa, Settler Colonialism and the Failures of Liberal Democracy
Locating Xenophobia
Making Home in a Hostile Land
Addressing the migrant gap
Local Economic Conditions and Attitudes Toward Cross-Border Movement
The age of intra-African migration
Migration, Citizenship and South African History Textbooks
Violencia y tráfico de mujeres en México
Human Rights, Income and International Migration
South African HIV/Aids programming overlooks migration, urban livelihoods, and informal workplaces
Exploring Perceptions of Xenophobia in a Sample of South African Employees
Integration and Social Identity of Foreign African Professionals in South African Organisations
Narratives of Zimbabwean female teachers’ experience in South Africa
Social change in the aftermath of successful minority influence
South African clinical psychology’s response to cultural diversity, globalisation and multiculturalism
Cross-National Measure of Fear-Based Xenophobia
Opinion leadership, threats, and enhancers to social cohesion and unity of South Africans and African immigrants in the post-apartheid era
Evaluating System Efficiencies and Service Delivery of Immigrant Population in South Africa and United States
A picture speaks a thousand words’
Producing scientific knowledge on migration
The ‘Cabbage and the Goat’
The challenges of living here and there’
Life as a Stranger
Experiencing Boundaries
Van Gennep Meets Ontological (In)Security
Intersectional (un)belongings
An unsettled belonging
A mathematical approach to Xenophobia
Another Lost Decade
Xenophobia in South Africa
Together apart
Social networks and undocumented Mozambican migration to South Africa
Continuity and Changing Configurations of Migration to and from the Republic of South Africa
Attitudes of Botswana Citizens toward Immigrants
The efficacy of altermodern cross-border concepts in selected contemporary African artworks
Refugees, Foreign Nationals, and Wageni
What price fairness when security is at stake? Police legitimacy in South Africa
The Economic Roots of Anti-immigrant Prejudice in the Global South
The conceptualised role of African diaspora in the renaissance of the African continent
Women's decision-making autonomy and children's schooling in rural Mozambique
A contextualisation of the 2008 and 2015 xenophobic attacks
Embracing colouredness in Cape Town
New Nationalism and Development in Africa
Undocumented Migrants As Homo Sacer
Attitudes Toward Immigrants in Ghana
Securitisation from below
Transplants and Transients
Youthscapes
Displays of Masculinity and Rituals of Display
From protection to persecution
Entfremdung und Ausgrenzung
Political Competition and Attitudes towards Immigration in Africa
Attitudes to immigrants in South Africa
Structural forces shape xenophobia in South Africa
From dependence to conviviality
Passing' as Black South African
Asylum as a Form of Life
Between the Push and the Shove
In the Shadow of a State
| Unique citing works | 83 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 3,61 |
| Citation span | 2003 - 2026 (24) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 80 |