Workers' education and political consciousness: a case study from South Africa

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dc.contributor.authorCooper, Lindaen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-10-28T14:07:01Z
dc.date.available2014-10-28T14:07:01Z
dc.date.issued2007en_ZA
dc.descriptionThis is a post-print of the published version of a SAGE Journal article available on: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/103530460701700211.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis article poses the question, who or what 'teaches' workers political consciousness? It argues that this question cannot be answered in the abstract, but must be located in historical context. Drawing on a case study of a South African local government trade union, it argues that radical education traditions within the labour movement remain, although the trade union movement has lost much of the militancy that characterised its early years, and its education work has been weakened and compromised. The case study union's education programmes are ideologically directive and transformative in intent. Radical learning does not only take place in these organised spaces, however; members' participation in ongoing union activities develops their political understanding and working class identity, while moments of mass action 'teach' workers not only about tactics, but also about political and economic power.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationCooper, L. (2007). Workers' education and political consciousness: a case study from South Africa. <i>The Economic and Labour Relations Review</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8856en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationCooper, Linda "Workers' education and political consciousness: a case study from South Africa." <i>The Economic and Labour Relations Review</i> (2007) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8856en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationCooper, L. 2007. Workers' education and political consciousness: a case study from South Africa. The Economic and Labour Relations Review.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn1035-3046en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Journal Article AU - Cooper, Linda AB - This article poses the question, who or what 'teaches' workers political consciousness? It argues that this question cannot be answered in the abstract, but must be located in historical context. Drawing on a case study of a South African local government trade union, it argues that radical education traditions within the labour movement remain, although the trade union movement has lost much of the militancy that characterised its early years, and its education work has been weakened and compromised. The case study union's education programmes are ideologically directive and transformative in intent. Radical learning does not only take place in these organised spaces, however; members' participation in ongoing union activities develops their political understanding and working class identity, while moments of mass action 'teach' workers not only about tactics, but also about political and economic power. DA - 2007 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town J1 - The Economic and Labour Relations Review LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2007 SM - 1035-3046 T1 - Workers' education and political consciousness: a case study from South Africa TI - Workers' education and political consciousness: a case study from South Africa UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8856 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/8856
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationCooper L. Workers' education and political consciousness: a case study from South Africa. The Economic and Labour Relations Review. 2007; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8856.en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisherSAGEen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDean's Office: CHEDen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyCentre for Higher Education Developmenten_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.sourceThe Economic and Labour Relations Reviewen_ZA
dc.source.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1177/103530460701700211en_ZA
dc.titleWorkers' education and political consciousness: a case study from South Africaen_ZA
dc.typeJournal Articleen_ZA
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