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Engaging silences and unresolved issues in the political economy of South Africa
Tenth anniversary colloquium
21-23 September 2006
Monkey Valley, Western Cape, South Africa
PHOTO GALLERY
PAPERS
Click on the titles to access the full-text versions (pdf) of each paper.
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Thursday, 21 September 2006 |
Keynote address
“Harold and history”
Peter Alexander (Centre for Sociological Research, University of Johannesburg) |
4 Paper |
| Friday, 22 September 2006 |
| SESSION 1 (Chair: Peta Wolpe) |
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“Reading Harold: Class analysis, capital accumulation, and the role of the intellectual”
David F Ruccio (Editor of Rethinking Marxism / Economics & Policy Studies, University of Notre Dame)
Discussant: Andrew Nash (Political Studies, University of Cape Town) |
4 Paper |
| Discussant: Andrew Nash (University of Cape Town) |
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| SESSION 2 (Chair: Judy Favish) |
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“The sublime object of nationalism”
Ivor Chipkin (Human Sciences Research Council) |
4 Paper |
“The national question post-apartheid: Western Cape lessons and challenges for socialist theory and practice”
Mazibuko Jara (Ikhwezi Institute) |
4 Paper |
| Discussant: Bill Freund (Dept of History, University of KwaZulu-Natal) |
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| SESSION 3 (Chair: Jeff Rudin) |
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“State, capital and the emergence of a new power elite in South Africa: ‘Black economic empowerment’ at national and local levels”
Bill Freund (Dept of History, University of KwaZulu-Natal) |
4 Paper [1] [2] |
“A South African developmental State: What is possible?”
Stephen Gelb (The Edge Institute / University of the Witwatersrand) |
4 Paper |
Discussant: Adam Habib (Human Sciences Research Council) |
4 Comments |
| SESSION 4 (Chair: Norman Levy) |
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“Social inequality, cultural diversity and a compromised commitment to complexity in contemporary public deliberation”
Carolyn Hamilton (Constitution of Public Intellectual Life Research Project, University of the Witwatersrand) |
4 Paper |
Discussant: Martin Hall (Office of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor, University of Cape Town) |
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| Saturday, 23 September 2006 |
| SESSION 1 (Chair: Saliem Patel) |
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“Inequalities of class and the quality of democracy in post-apartheid South African cities”
Jeremy Seekings and Heidi Matisonn (Sociology, University of Cape Town) |
4 Paper [1] [2] |
“The debate on the Basic Income Grant in South Africa: Social citizenship, wage labour and the reconstruction of working-class politics”
Franco Barchiesi (African-American & African Studies, Ohio State University) |
4 Paper |
Discussant: Annie Leatt (Children’s Institute, University of Cape Town) |
4 Comments |
| SESSION 2 (Chair: Wendy Anneke) |
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“The political economy of sexual violence in post-apartheid South Africa”
Helen Moffett (African Gender Institute, University of Cape Town) |
4 Paper |
Discussant: AnnMarie Wolpe (Harold Wolpe Memorial Trust) |
4 Comments |
| SESSION 3 (Chair: Leonard Martin) |
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“Where did the left go wrong?”
Graeme Bloch (Development Bank of Southern Africa) |
4 Paper |
| Discussant: Devan Pillay (Sociology, University of the Witwatersrand) |
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