Review: The Anatomy of Contemporary South Africa

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dc.contributor.authorButler, Anthony
dc.date.accessioned2016-10-27T09:17:36Z
dc.date.available2016-10-27T09:17:36Z
dc.date.issued2005-12
dc.description.abstractIn 1995, eminent social scientist Mark Orkin described the apartheid-era Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) as an instrument of the National Party and a vehicle for the 'racialisation' of social scientific research.3 The HSRC continues to reflect the priorities of government, albeit now defined in terms of poverty reduction, rural development, job creation and improved service delivery. The HSRC is a statutory body, reporting annually to a national parliament that allocates its core funding, and securing much of its substantial contract income from government departments. This highly politicised environment, however, seems to have done nothing to curtail the independence of mind of the volumes' editors, based in the council's democracy and governance research programme. Contributors address themselves to policies rather than to personalities, to be sure, and there is an ostentatious registering at every turn of just how far the country has come since 1994. However, it is the seriousness of contributors' engagement with government priorities and initiatives that gives their critical appraisals genuine bite, and makes them valuable reading for policy-makers and practitioners, and not just for scholars.
dc.identifier.apacitation 2005. <i>Review: The Anatomy of Contemporary South Africa.</i> http://hdl.handle.net/11427/22323en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitation. 2005. <i>Review: The Anatomy of Contemporary South Africa.</i> http://hdl.handle.net/11427/22323en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationButler, A. (2005). Review: The Anatomy of Contemporary South Africa. Journal of Southern African Studies, 31(4), 901-903.en_ZA
dc.identifier.isbn0305-7070en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Other AU - Butler, Anthony AB - In 1995, eminent social scientist Mark Orkin described the apartheid-era Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) as an instrument of the National Party and a vehicle for the 'racialisation' of social scientific research.3 The HSRC continues to reflect the priorities of government, albeit now defined in terms of poverty reduction, rural development, job creation and improved service delivery. The HSRC is a statutory body, reporting annually to a national parliament that allocates its core funding, and securing much of its substantial contract income from government departments. This highly politicised environment, however, seems to have done nothing to curtail the independence of mind of the volumes' editors, based in the council's democracy and governance research programme. Contributors address themselves to policies rather than to personalities, to be sure, and there is an ostentatious registering at every turn of just how far the country has come since 1994. However, it is the seriousness of contributors' engagement with government priorities and initiatives that gives their critical appraisals genuine bite, and makes them valuable reading for policy-makers and practitioners, and not just for scholars. DA - 2005-12 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town J1 - Journal of Southern African Studies LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2005 SM - 0305-7070 T1 - Review: The Anatomy of Contemporary South Africa TI - Review: The Anatomy of Contemporary South Africa UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/22323 ER - en_ZA
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dc.identifier.vancouvercitation. 2005. <i>Review: The Anatomy of Contemporary South Africa.</i> http://hdl.handle.net/11427/22323en_ZA
dc.languageengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Political Studiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.sourceJournal of Southern African Studies
dc.source.urihttp://www.tandfonline.com/toc/cjss20/current
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