Afrikaners in the New South Africa

Identity Politics in a Globalised Economy

AvRebecca Davies

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How has the position of Afrikaners changed since the end of the Apartheid regime in South Africa? While the links between Afrikaner nationalist identity and the apartheid regime have been irrevocably altered, it is evident that this newly disempowered minority still commands a vast material and cultural capital. Certain Afrikaans speakers have become important players in the new South Africa and on the world stage. Davies argues that the global political economy and the closely associated ideology of globalization are major catalysts for change in Afrikaner identifications and positions. She identifies multiple Afrikaner constituencies and identities and shows how they play out in the complex social, economic and political landscape of South Africa.Accessible, informative and well-written, "Afrikaners in the New South Africa" is a vital contribution to our understanding of post-apartheid South Africa. It will be indispensable for those interested in South Africa, identity politics, globalization, international political economy and geography.

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Utgivningsdatum:2009-02-28
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:208
Filformat:PDF
Kopieringsskydd:LCP
ISBN:9780857710123
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

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Rebecca Davies is Senior Lecturer in the Department of International Relations at Plymouth University where she teaches African politics. She holds a DPhil from the University of Stellenbosch in South Africa where she remains a visiting fellow at the Centre for Comparative and International Politics. She has taught at universities in Australia, South Africa and New Zealand.

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TABLE OF CONTENTSAcknowledgementsPreface1.Rebuilding the Future or Revisiting the Past?IntroductionA political economy of post-apartheid Afrikaner identityTheorising identity in a global era2.The Afrikaner Nationalist ProjectAppropriating the past: The development of an Afrikaner identityMoving towards consensusA volk in retreat?The nationalist project unravelsA class apart: The maturation of Afrikaner capital3.The Nature of Consensus in the 'New' South AfricaConsolidating dominance? The shape of the new hegemonic orderNeo-liberal orthodoxy and the capital transitionConnecting with the global consensusCompromise on the domestic frontAn African Renaissance?4.Contemporary Manifestations of Afrikaner Identity in an Era of Increasing GlobalisationRethinking the cultural: The future of the Afrikaner pastThe politics of transformationThe new discourse of minority rightsThe culture industryThe rise of a globalised capital consensus5.The 'Logic of the Local' in Contemporary Afrikaner Identity PoliticsThe local tradition in Afrikaner nationalist politicsAn alternative Afrikanerdom?Recreating the cultural: New visions of AfrikaansReorienting the local: Politics at the provincial level6.Renewing the Consensus in a Post-Apartheid Era?BibliographyIndex