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Nation Formation and Social Cohesion: An Enquiry into the Hopes and Aspirations of South Africans

Nation Formation and Social Cohesion: An Enquiry into the Hopes and Aspirations of South Africans

Mistra

Paperback

General Political ScienceGeneral Racism & Ethnic StudiesGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 1920655859
ISBN13: 9781920655853
Publisher: Mapungubwe Institute (Mistra)
Published: Jun 4 2014
Pages: 344
Weight: 0.79
Height: 0.55 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

Nation Formation and Social Cohesion is the publication of a MISTRA research project that set out to examine different interpretations and meanings that diverse social actors attach to the calls and prospects for nation formation and social cohesion. The publication links theories of nation formation and social cohesion to actual practices, both focused on the attainment of a just society founded on the irreducible equality of all its members on the one hand, and the factors militating against achieving this, on the other. Ethnographic research in four provinces provides the substance or practice to the theoretical framing of the discourse. The study proceeds by interrogating the theoretical suppositions of nation formation and social cohesion and this serves as a starting point for a thorough reflection on these two processes. Thus a synthesis, and not a conceptual position is arrived at, where the interdependence of nation formation and social cohesion, specifically for postcolonial societies, (and South Africa in particular) can be interrogated effectively and critically.

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