Mobilising social justice in South Africa : perspectives from researchers and practitioners
Title:
Mobilising social justice in South Africa : perspectives from researchers and practitioners
Author:
Handmaker, Jeff.
ISBN:
9780986985706
9789869857062
Publication Information:
Pretoria : Pretoria University Law Press (PULP), 2010.
Physical Description:
xviii, 208 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
General Note:
"This book is based on the results of a conference held in South Africa in November 2009. Its basis is a number of research projects that mostly took place under the banner of the Hivos/ISS Civil Society Building Knowledge Programme" -- T.p. verso.
First published: Hivos/ISS Civil Society Building Knowledge Programme, June 2010.
Contents:
A critical historical context on Mobilising social justice / Liepollo Lebohang Pheko and Edward Sebastien -- Introduction to Mobilising social justice: critical discussions on the potential for civic action and structural change / Remko Berkhout and Jeff Handmaker -- Civic-state interactions and the potential for structural change / Jeff Handmaker -- The budget process and strategic civic interventions / Frank S. Jenkins -- Civic action and legal mobilisation: the Phiri water meters case / Jackie Dugard -- Resistance and repression: policing protest in post-apartheid South Africa / Marcelle C. Dawson -- Migrant mobilisation: structure and strategies for claiming rights in South Africa and Kenya / Zaheera Jinnah with Rio Holoday -- Unlocking the potential for civic action and structural change: reflections on mobilising social justice / Jeff Handmaker and Remko Berkhout -- Transforming our society / conference address by Yasmin Sooka -- A journey of personal discovery / conference address by Shakrukh Alam.
Electronic Access:
http://www.pulp.up.ac.za/cat_2010_10.html