Religious competition, Creole identities, and economic development : foundations of competitive diversity in early Victorian Cape Town

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dc.contributor.authorJechoutek, Karl Gen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-01-05T07:04:57Z
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dc.date.issued2010en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes abstract.en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (p. 242-276).en_ZA
dc.description.abstractWhat kind of economic development trajectory can be expected in cosmopolitan cities that display a high degree of cultural, religious, ethnic and social diversity? Much can be gleaned from examining defined periods in their history that show a rapid transition in religious/cultural and socio-economic terms. Cape Town, a city that prides itself on its deeply rooted diversity and hybridity, and aspires to global status as a creative urban hub after having emerged from the rigidities of apartheid, appears not to be able to manage a breakthrough to sustained long-term development. An examination of the city's transformational period during the early decades of the nineteenth century may explain why this is so. Competitive diversity in religion, culture and business provided the template for a highly individualised development path with a short time horizon. This work uses the analytical tools of human development theory, cultural value analysis, the linkages between religion and economics, rational choice theory, urban development studies, and the study of identity formation and creolisation to construct a lens for the review of religious and socio-economic discourse in Cape Town during the first half of the nineteenth century.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationJechoutek, K. G. (2010). <i>Religious competition, Creole identities, and economic development : foundations of competitive diversity in early Victorian Cape Town</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Religious Studies. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11389en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationJechoutek, Karl G. <i>"Religious competition, Creole identities, and economic development : foundations of competitive diversity in early Victorian Cape Town."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Religious Studies, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11389en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationJechoutek, K. 2010. Religious competition, Creole identities, and economic development : foundations of competitive diversity in early Victorian Cape Town. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Jechoutek, Karl G AB - What kind of economic development trajectory can be expected in cosmopolitan cities that display a high degree of cultural, religious, ethnic and social diversity? Much can be gleaned from examining defined periods in their history that show a rapid transition in religious/cultural and socio-economic terms. Cape Town, a city that prides itself on its deeply rooted diversity and hybridity, and aspires to global status as a creative urban hub after having emerged from the rigidities of apartheid, appears not to be able to manage a breakthrough to sustained long-term development. An examination of the city's transformational period during the early decades of the nineteenth century may explain why this is so. Competitive diversity in religion, culture and business provided the template for a highly individualised development path with a short time horizon. This work uses the analytical tools of human development theory, cultural value analysis, the linkages between religion and economics, rational choice theory, urban development studies, and the study of identity formation and creolisation to construct a lens for the review of religious and socio-economic discourse in Cape Town during the first half of the nineteenth century. DA - 2010 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2010 T1 - Religious competition, Creole identities, and economic development : foundations of competitive diversity in early Victorian Cape Town TI - Religious competition, Creole identities, and economic development : foundations of competitive diversity in early Victorian Cape Town UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11389 ER - en_ZA
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dc.identifier.vancouvercitationJechoutek KG. Religious competition, Creole identities, and economic development : foundations of competitive diversity in early Victorian Cape Town. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Religious Studies, 2010 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11389en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Religious Studiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherReligious Studiesen_ZA
dc.titleReligious competition, Creole identities, and economic development : foundations of competitive diversity in early Victorian Cape Townen_ZA
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