{"product_id":"the-politics-of-the-near-on-the-edges-of-protest-in-south-africa-paperback","title":"The Politics of the Near: On the Edges of Protest in South Africa - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJérôme Tournadre\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAndrew Brown\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Politics of the Near\u003c\/i\u003e offers a novel approach to social unrest in post-apartheid South Africa. Keeping the noise of demonstrations, barricades, and clashes with the police at a distance, this ethnography of a poor people's movement traces individual commitments and the mainsprings of mobilization in the ordinary social and intimate life of activists, their relatives, and other township residents. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTournadre's approach picks up on aspects of activists lives that are often neglected in the study of social movements that help us better understand the dynamics of protest and the attachment of activists to their organization and its cause. What Tournadre calls a \"politics of the near\" takes shape, through sometimes innocuous actions and beyond the separation between public and domestic spheres. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBy mapping the daily life of Black and low-income neighborhoods and the intimate domain where expectations and disappointments surface, \u003ci\u003eThe Politics of the Near\u003c\/i\u003e offers a different perspective on the \"rainbow nation\"--a perspective more sensitive to the fact that, three decades after the end of apartheid, poverty and race are still as tightly interwoven as ever.\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Tournadre's compelling development of a 'politics of the near' contributes significantly to debates in political sociology, anthropology, and political science. The book's close attention to activists' quotidian lives and their embeddedness in dense social networks offers a compelling argument that politics is located not only in institutions and organizations but also in the everyday worlds that shape people's dispositions, actions, and histories.\"--\u003cb\u003eFiona C. Ross\u003c\/b\u003e, University of Cape Town \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Politics of the Near\u003c\/i\u003e offers a novel approach to social unrest in post-apartheid South Africa. Keeping the noise of demonstrations, barricades, and clashes with the police at a distance, this ethnography of a poor people's movement traces individual commitments and the mainsprings of mobilization in the ordinary social and intimate life of activists, their relatives, and other township residents. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTournadre's approach picks up on aspects of activists lives that are often neglected in the study of social movements that help us better understand the dynamics of protest and the attachment of activists to their organization and its cause. What Tournadre calls a \"politics of the near\" takes shape, through sometimes innocuous actions and beyond the separation between public and domestic spheres. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBy mapping the daily life of Black and low-income neighborhoods and the intimate domain where expectations and disappointments surface, \u003ci\u003eThe Politics of the Near\u003c\/i\u003e offers a different perspective on the \"rainbow nation\"--a perspective more sensitive to the fact that, three decades after the end of apartheid, poverty and race are still as tightly interwoven as ever. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJérôme Tournadre\u003c\/b\u003e is a research fellow at the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS). He is the author of \u003ci\u003eA Turbulent South Africa: Post-Apartheid Social Protest\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJérôme Tournadre\u003c\/b\u003e is a research fellow at the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS). He is the author of \u003ci\u003eA Turbulent South Africa: Post-Apartheid Social Protest\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.73 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 17, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51784767406368,"sku":"9780823299959","price":66.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/f5d706ec222bf9027aef5b37ad8b74fa.webp?v=1780607775","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-politics-of-the-near-on-the-edges-of-protest-in-south-africa-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}