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Living together, living apart? - Social cohesion in a future South Africa (Paperback) Loot Price: R250
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Living together, living apart? - Social cohesion in a future South Africa (Paperback): Christopher Ballantine, Michael Chapman,...

Living together, living apart? - Social cohesion in a future South Africa (Paperback)

Christopher Ballantine, Michael Chapman, Kira Erwin, Gerhard Mare

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These `interventions’ are spurred by what in South Africa today is a buzz-phrase: social cohesion. The term, or concept, is bandied about with little reflection by leaders or spokespeople in politics, business, labour, education, sport, entertainment and the media. Yet, who would not wish to live in a socially cohesive society? How, then, do we apply the ideal in the daily round when diversity of language, religion, culture, race and the economy too often supersedes our commitment to a common citizenry? How do we live together rather than live apart? Such questions provoke the purpose of these interventions. The interventions – essays, which are short, incisive, at times provocative – tackle issues that are pertinent to both living together and living apart: equality/inequality, public pronouncement, xenophobia, safety, chieftaincy in modernity, gender-based abuse, healing, the law, education, identity, sport, new `national’ projects, the role of the arts, South Africa in the world. In focusing on such issues, the essays point towards the making of a future, in which a critical citizenry is key to a healthy society. Contributors include leading academics and public figures in South Africa today: Christopher Ballantine, Ahmed Bawa, Michael Chapman, Jacob Dlamini, Jackie Dugard, Kira Erwin, Nicole Fritz, Michael Gardiner, Gerhard Maré, Monique Marks, Rajend Mesthrie, Bonita Meyersfeld, Leigh-Ann Naidoo, Njabulo S. Ndebele, Kathryn Pillay, Faye Reagon, Brenda Schmahmann, Himla Soodyall, David Spurrett and Thuto Thipe.

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Imprint: University of KwaZulu-Natal Press
Country of origin: South Africa
Release date: November 2016
Authors: Christopher Ballantine • Michael Chapman • Kira Erwin • Gerhard Mare
Dimensions: 210 x 148 x 12mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 197
ISBN-13: 978-1-86914-332-9
Categories: Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > General
Books > Local Author Showcase > Politics
LSN: 1-86914-332-9
Barcode: 9781869143329

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