Understanding the ANC at sub-national level
| dc.contributor.author | Butler, Anthony | |
| dc.contributor.author | Southall, Roger | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-10-27T10:37:33Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-10-27T10:37:33Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2015 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The political entrenchment of the African National Congress (ANC) as the ruling party in South Africa over the last two decades has given rise to an extensive literature focussing upon negative internal trends such as factionalism, the manipulation of internal electoral processes, the pursuit of individual wealth, internal disorder, and increasing tensions within the tripartite alliance. Such trends, along with growing levels of popular protest, suggest a decline in the party’s legitimacy and long term prospects. Such organisational deterioration has occasioned an extensive reflective literature, yet there has been little detailed research into how the ANC operates on the ground. Overwhelmingly, predominant paradigms – of the ANC as a national liberation movement; as a party that has fallen victim to neo- patrimonialism; as a dominant party; and as a vehicle of neo-liberal capitalism – are all illuminating, yet simultaneously entrench key weaknesses in analysis, focussing upon over-arching narratives rather than encouraging careful analysis of causal practices. Much of this flows from the fact that academic analysts lack practical and intuitive knowledge of the ANC’s institutional life, complexity and informal networks. The present collection seeks to correct that balance by presenting a set of papers which focus upon the dynamics of the ANC at sub-national level, pointing the way to a more critical engagement with party processes than is usually presented. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.apacitation | Butler, A., & Southall, R. (2015). Understanding the ANC at sub-national level. <i>Transformation</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/22324 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.chicagocitation | Butler, Anthony, and Roger Southall "Understanding the ANC at sub-national level." <i>Transformation</i> (2015) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/22324 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Butler, A. & Southall, R. (2015). Understanding the ANC at sub-national level. Transformation, 87, 1-12. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0265-3788 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.ris | TY - Journal Article AU - Butler, Anthony AU - Southall, Roger AB - The political entrenchment of the African National Congress (ANC) as the ruling party in South Africa over the last two decades has given rise to an extensive literature focussing upon negative internal trends such as factionalism, the manipulation of internal electoral processes, the pursuit of individual wealth, internal disorder, and increasing tensions within the tripartite alliance. Such trends, along with growing levels of popular protest, suggest a decline in the party’s legitimacy and long term prospects. Such organisational deterioration has occasioned an extensive reflective literature, yet there has been little detailed research into how the ANC operates on the ground. Overwhelmingly, predominant paradigms – of the ANC as a national liberation movement; as a party that has fallen victim to neo- patrimonialism; as a dominant party; and as a vehicle of neo-liberal capitalism – are all illuminating, yet simultaneously entrench key weaknesses in analysis, focussing upon over-arching narratives rather than encouraging careful analysis of causal practices. Much of this flows from the fact that academic analysts lack practical and intuitive knowledge of the ANC’s institutional life, complexity and informal networks. The present collection seeks to correct that balance by presenting a set of papers which focus upon the dynamics of the ANC at sub-national level, pointing the way to a more critical engagement with party processes than is usually presented. DA - 2015 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town J1 - Transformation LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2015 SM - 0265-3788 T1 - Understanding the ANC at sub-national level TI - Understanding the ANC at sub-national level UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/22324 ER - | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/22324 | |
| dc.identifier.vancouvercitation | Butler A, Southall R. Understanding the ANC at sub-national level. Transformation. 2015; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/22324. | en_ZA |
| dc.language | eng | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher | SAGE Publications | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.department | Department of Political Studies | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.faculty | Faculty of Humanities | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.institution | University of Cape Town | |
| dc.source | Transformation | en_ZA |
| dc.source.uri | https://uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/afr/journal/transformation | |
| dc.title | Understanding the ANC at sub-national level | en_ZA |
| dc.type | Journal Article | en_ZA |
| uct.type.filetype | Text | |
| uct.type.filetype | Image | |
| uct.type.publication | Research | en_ZA |
| uct.type.resource | Article | en_ZA |