Popular Politics, Participation and the Elite Gaze in South Africa
Autor: | Plessing, Julia |
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EAN: | 9783756002337 |
Sachgruppe: | Medien, Kommunikation Politikwissenschaft |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Seitenzahl: | 211 |
Produktart: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Veröffentlichungsdatum: | 21.09.2023 |
Schlagworte: | Afrika / Südafrika Demokratie Politik / Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Politologie Südafrika |
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This book challenges assumptions prevalent among development experts that participatory forums and mechanisms enhance democracy in a highly unequal setting. These assumptions ignore the pernicious ways in which social and economic status and political standing differentiate citizenship. The book develops a counter-narrative from below, starting from the manifold ways in which people engage with the state in a South African township and the structures of power they encounter. By doing so, it reveals that political participation, as imagined in the Global North, is a privilege not only of individuals but also of societies, and (re-)discovers a profound epistemological gap between elite assumptions and the perspectives of the governed.