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Urban social movements in South Africa in a ‘globalising’ era

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Author	Pieterse, Edgar
Copyright Year	1997
Abstract	In spite of the dizzying speed of change and increased complexity in the wake of political, economic and cultural shifts at a global level, it is clear that urban social movements are potentially pivotal actors in forging a progressive political agenda. In South Africa the dimensions of these new challenges are presenting themselves with increasing clarity, especially against the backdrop of the unfolding political transition. In the first part of this paper I pointed to some of the dimensions which are inscribed in the sign globalisation, with special attention to the significance it presents for urbanities — the space and place where urban social movements engrave their struggles. One of the central aspects of the argument has been that these movements are increasingly ineffectual in impacting on local politics, especially in so far as they fail to strategically adapt and re-focus their energies to engage the new challenges which are unfolding in urban spaces traversed by global processes.Staking-out strategic ‘turf’ and remaining a key player in urban politics, poses a fundamental challenge to progressive urban social movements becoming reflexive in their ideology and practice. This pressure is in part induced by the nature of the myriad of processes which entangle the urban in globalisation, but also by the vacuousness of traditional left politics couched in class-essentialism. The bulk of the paper explored various dimensions of radical ‘postmodern politics’ and their significance for fresh ideological perspectives, strategic orientations and organisational elasticity. By inserting this into a broader appreciation of the legacy and current posture of the civic movement, I attempted to contextualise and ground useful aspects of radical postmodernism. I hope that this has laid the basis for a new round of critical debate about the significance of building vibrant, independent, non-essentialist and (culturally) rooted urban social movements which can brazenly stake out legitimate claims in urban spaces in the so-called global era.
Starting Page	1
Ending Page	17
Page Count	17
File Format	PDF
ISSN	10153802
Journal	Urban Forum
Volume Number	8
Issue Number	1
e-ISSN	18746330
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Netherlands
Publisher Date	1997-01-01
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Human Geography Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning Population Economics Political Science Sociology
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Geography, Planning and Development Urban Studies

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