Capitalism and nature in South Africa: racial dispossession, liberation ideology and ecological crisis

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dc.contributor.advisorNash, Andrewen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorAndrews, Donnaen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2018-05-03T12:25:13Z
dc.date.available2018-05-03T12:25:13Z
dc.date.issued2018en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis dissertation is an historical examination of policy and discourse as it impacts on ecological questions in South Africa, with a focus on land, mining and fishing. It shows how ecological issues are embedded in relations of class, race and gender. It argues that relation of nature and society and social relations form each other historically. Specifically, it makes visible how apparently progressive ideas to overcome the legacy of apartheid have served to perpetuate the ecological crisis after the end of apartheid. That is, although liberation ideology aims to overcome irrational and harmful forms of domination, current strategies of overcoming racial dispossession on the basis of capitalism rely on increasing and unbridled exploitation of natural resources. The dissertation concludes with a consideration of political perspectives and agency responding to the ecological crisis in South Africa today. It provides a survey of government, activist and community initiatives and assesses their capacity to help create a new relationship of nature and society, as the basis for a new society.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationAndrews, D. (2018). <i>Capitalism and nature in South Africa: racial dispossession, liberation ideology and ecological crisis</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Political Studies. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/27891en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationAndrews, Donna. <i>"Capitalism and nature in South Africa: racial dispossession, liberation ideology and ecological crisis."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Political Studies, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/27891en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationAndrews, D. 2018. Capitalism and nature in South Africa: racial dispossession, liberation ideology and ecological crisis. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Andrews, Donna AB - This dissertation is an historical examination of policy and discourse as it impacts on ecological questions in South Africa, with a focus on land, mining and fishing. It shows how ecological issues are embedded in relations of class, race and gender. It argues that relation of nature and society and social relations form each other historically. Specifically, it makes visible how apparently progressive ideas to overcome the legacy of apartheid have served to perpetuate the ecological crisis after the end of apartheid. That is, although liberation ideology aims to overcome irrational and harmful forms of domination, current strategies of overcoming racial dispossession on the basis of capitalism rely on increasing and unbridled exploitation of natural resources. The dissertation concludes with a consideration of political perspectives and agency responding to the ecological crisis in South Africa today. It provides a survey of government, activist and community initiatives and assesses their capacity to help create a new relationship of nature and society, as the basis for a new society. DA - 2018 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2018 T1 - Capitalism and nature in South Africa: racial dispossession, liberation ideology and ecological crisis TI - Capitalism and nature in South Africa: racial dispossession, liberation ideology and ecological crisis UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/27891 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/27891
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationAndrews D. Capitalism and nature in South Africa: racial dispossession, liberation ideology and ecological crisis. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Political Studies, 2018 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/27891en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Political Studiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherPolitical Studiesen_ZA
dc.subject.otherecological crisisen_ZA
dc.subject.othercapitalismen_ZA
dc.subject.otherland, mining and fishingen_ZA
dc.subject.otherSouth Africaen_ZA
dc.titleCapitalism and nature in South Africa: racial dispossession, liberation ideology and ecological crisisen_ZA
dc.typeDoctoral Thesis
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dc.type.qualificationnamePhDen_ZA
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