The Social and Political Implications of Demographic Change in Post-Apartheid South Africa

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dc.contributor.authorSeekings, Jeremy
dc.date.accessioned2016-05-09T13:09:34Z
dc.date.available2016-05-09T13:09:34Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.date.updated2016-05-09T09:42:08Z
dc.description.abstractThe cohort of young people born between the early 1980s and early 1990s comprise a demographic bulge in the South African population. The sheer size of this cohort renders it especially important in terms of the changing political, economic and social life of the country. The cohort grew up for the most part after apartheid had ended, entered the labour market at a time of high unemployment, is having children as marriage in in decline, and reached voting age just as the ANC's moral stature began to decline. All of these might be expected to result in distinctive attitudes and behaviours. By diverse criteria, however, the cohort looks much like older (or immediately previous cohorts of) South Africans. This 'generation' does not appear to be particularly distinctive except in terms of its size. Where this cohort is likely to leave its mark is in entrenching some of the social, economic and political changes that, until recently, might have appeared transient.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationSeekings, J. (2013). <i>The Social and Political Implications of Demographic Change in Post-Apartheid South Africa</i> University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Centre for Social Science Research(CSSR). Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19538en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationSeekings, Jeremy <i>The Social and Political Implications of Demographic Change in Post-Apartheid South Africa.</i> University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Centre for Social Science Research(CSSR), 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19538en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationSeekings, J. (2014). The social and political implications of demographic change in post-apartheid South Africa. The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 652(1), 70-86.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Working Paper AU - Seekings, Jeremy AB - The cohort of young people born between the early 1980s and early 1990s comprise a demographic bulge in the South African population. The sheer size of this cohort renders it especially important in terms of the changing political, economic and social life of the country. The cohort grew up for the most part after apartheid had ended, entered the labour market at a time of high unemployment, is having children as marriage in in decline, and reached voting age just as the ANC's moral stature began to decline. All of these might be expected to result in distinctive attitudes and behaviours. By diverse criteria, however, the cohort looks much like older (or immediately previous cohorts of) South Africans. This 'generation' does not appear to be particularly distinctive except in terms of its size. Where this cohort is likely to leave its mark is in entrenching some of the social, economic and political changes that, until recently, might have appeared transient. DA - 2013 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2013 T1 - The Social and Political Implications of Demographic Change in Post-Apartheid South Africa TI - The Social and Political Implications of Demographic Change in Post-Apartheid South Africa UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19538 ER - en_ZA
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dc.identifier.vancouvercitationSeekings J. The Social and Political Implications of Demographic Change in Post-Apartheid South Africa. 2013 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19538en_ZA
dc.languageengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentCentre for Social Science Research(CSSR)en_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
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