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Sovereignty & democratic exclusion in the new South Africa

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In this essay I will outline the contours of the attempt by the ANC government to reorder state-civil society relations. This will be done by delineating the form of civil society participation that the government has promulgated in the field of justice enforcement in order to ‘tame’ or direct the uncontrolled aspects and forces of self-organisation emanating from the struggle against apartheid known as ‘people’s power’. The article will argue that the establishment of institutions like the Community Policing Forums (CPF) were created to harbour and give direction to these forces rests on and allows for a particular type of democratic citizenship or normative ethical being, while excluding other types of political-ethical being. The essay illustrates how past ideas about friends and enemies of the ANC are used as the interpretive lens to decode opposition to the CPF.

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  • Lars Buur, 2005. "Sovereignty & democratic exclusion in the new South Africa," Review of African Political Economy, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 32(104-105), pages 253-268, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:revape:v:32:y:2005:i:104-105:p:253-268
    DOI: 10.1080/03056240500329205
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