The Making of Apartheid, 1948-1961: Conflict and Compromise

ISBN-13: 9780198273349 / Angielski / Twarda / 1992

Posel; Deborah Posel

Opis

This book breaks new ground in exposing some of the crucial political processes and struggles which shaped the reciprocal development of Apartheid and capitalism in South Africa. The author's compelling analysis debunks the orthodoxy in the literature, which presents apartheid as the product of a single "grand plan" created by the State in response to the pressures of capital accumulation. Using a case study of influx control during the first phase of apartheid (1948-1961), Posel shows that apartheid arose from complex patterns of conflict and compromise within the State in which white capitalists, the black working class, and popular movements exercised varying and uneven degrees of influence.

Recenzje

'valuable monograph ... it represents an indispensable contribution to modern South African history ... Posel applies her unrivalled understanding of the contortions of urban policy to highlight different phases in the emergence of apartheid.' Saul Dubow, Cahiers dÉtudes africaines, 132, XXXIII-4, 1993

Spis treści

Introduction; The 'problem' of influx control in the 1940s; The NAD's influx control strategy; The legislative foundations of influx control, 1948-1953; The effects of influx control during the 1950s; Labour 'canalization' 1: Realities of the urban labour market; Labour canalization 2: Operation of the labour bureaux system; The NAD's efforts to curb African urbanization; 1959-1961: The shift into apartheid's second phase; Conclusion