What Holds Us Together Social Cohesion in South Africa

by Chidester, David; Dexter, Philip; James, Wilmot

• ISBN13: 9780796920300
• ISBN10: 0796920303
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-04-01
• Publisher: HSRC Press

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Introduction	1	(20)
David Chidester, Phillip Dexter and Wilmot James
Part I Order	21	(60)
1 Sovereignty, identity and the prospects for southern Africa's people	23	(19)
Peter Vale
2 The importance of political tolerance for fostering social cohesion	42	(25)
Amanda Gouws
3 Cultural justice: the pathway to reconciliation and social cohesion	67	(16)
Chirevo V. Kwenda
Part II Production	81	(60)
4 Labour, globalisation and social cohesion in South Africa	83	(9)
Tony Ehrenreich
5 The poverty of work and social cohesion in global exports: the case of South African fruit	92	(28)
Stephanie Barrientos and Andrienetta Kritzinger
6 Together and apart: African refugees and immigrants in global Cape Town	120	(23)
Owen Sichone
Part III Exchange	141	(52)
7 Building a new nation: solidarity, democracy and nationhood in the age of circulatory capitalism	143	(30)
Thomas A Koelble
8 Building a better world: using the positive forces in globalistion to counteract the negative	173	(22)
Jan Hofmeyr
Part IV Connections	193	(82)
9 The family and social cohesion	195	(29)
Susan C Ziehl
10 Global tourism, marginalised communities and the development of Cape Town's City Bowl area	224	(18)
Sandra Klopper
11 Grounding 'globalisation from below': 'global citizens' in local spaces	242	(33)
Steven Robins
Part V Resources	275	(48)
12 Human solidarity in postcolonial, Holocaust and African-American literature	277	(18)
Giles Gunn
13 Globalisation, identity and national policy in South Africa	295	(28)
David Chidester, Adrian Hadland and Sandra Prosalendis
Conclusion: social cohesion in South Africa	323	(16)
David Chidester, Phillip Dexter and Wilmot James
Contributors	339	(9)
Index	348