Pub Date : 2023-11-29DOI: 10.1080/21528586.2023.2281937
Mthobeli Ngcongo
Family aid in securing a romantic relationship is an important part of the process of relationship initiation. Such focused encounters may exemplify high levels of social exchange dynamics. Yet, no...
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Pub Date : 2023-11-26DOI: 10.1080/21528586.2023.2276922
Edward Cottle
Despite the resurgence internationally of strikes in recent years, studies on the temporality of strike waves within a long-wave perspective has been marked by silence in the literature. This paper...
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Pub Date : 2023-11-17DOI: 10.1080/21528586.2023.2267523
D. Gelderblom
{"title":"Weber’s Comparative Analysis of the Rise of Rational Capitalism: A View from the South","authors":"D. Gelderblom","doi":"10.1080/21528586.2023.2267523","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/21528586.2023.2267523","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44730,"journal":{"name":"South African Review of Sociology","volume":"11 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2023-11-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139265562","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-10-26DOI: 10.1080/21528586.2023.2266704
Divane Nzima, Pranitha Maharaj
{"title":"Motherhood, Childcare and Work: Exploring the Multilayered Challenges of Finding Paid Work among Young Mothers in South Africa","authors":"Divane Nzima, Pranitha Maharaj","doi":"10.1080/21528586.2023.2266704","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/21528586.2023.2266704","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44730,"journal":{"name":"South African Review of Sociology","volume":"28 17","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134907286","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-10-25DOI: 10.1080/21528586.2023.2265350
Jacklyn Cock
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Pub Date : 2023-10-20DOI: 10.1080/21528586.2023.2269143
Angelique Wildschut
{"title":"#FeesMustFall and its aftermath. Violence, wellbeing and the student movement in South Africa <b>#FeesMustFall and its aftermath. Violence, wellbeing and the student movement in South Africa</b> , by Thierry M. Luescher, Angelina Wilson-Fadiji, Keamogetse G. Morwe, Antonio Erasmus, Tshireletso S. Letsoalo, Seipati B. Mokhema, Cape Town, HSRC Press, 2022, 224 pp., R465.00(hardback), ISBN 9780796926340","authors":"Angelique Wildschut","doi":"10.1080/21528586.2023.2269143","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/21528586.2023.2269143","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44730,"journal":{"name":"South African Review of Sociology","volume":"3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135616178","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-09-18DOI: 10.1080/21528586.2023.2253526
Josphine Hapazari
ABSTRACTSexual violence against women (SVAW) is a social problem that perseveres despite preventive efforts made at international, regional and national levels. In terms of research, very little has been covered on the comparative, diverse regional masculinities that drive men to sexually abuse women. This sociological study, therefore, focuses on the construction of regional masculinities that cause SVAW, with the study site being Maseru district of Lesotho. Qualitative data were gleaned utilizing four interview guides for 10 SVAW survivors, 10 perpetrators, 10 village chiefs and 10 police officers. The study adopted a qualitative interpretative approach and a phenomenology research design. Underpinning the study's theoretical framework was the masculinity framework. In rural areas of Lesotho, results revealed that the construction of regional masculinities as drivers of SVAW entails the following: misuse of traditional weapons such as koto, molamu and lebetlela and cultural practices such as ho ratha patsi and ho kenela. In urban areas, the drivers of SVAW include men as providers and protectors. This illustrates that certain specific but diverse forms of masculinities continue to heighten women’s vulnerabilities to sexual violence. This study argues that various masculinity traits that are intended to exhibit manhood intentionally or unintentionally manifest into SVAW. This study is envisaged to broaden the masculinity framework by bringing in the context of the Sotho culture and urban/rural diversity in exploring the nexus between regional masculinities and SVAW. This study contributes to the scholarship on African masculinities.KEYWORDS: Sexual violence against womenAfrican masculinitiesregional masculinitiesrural areasurban areasLesotho Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Notes1 Molamu is a Sesotho name for a weapon used by Basotho men when herding domestic animals and beating their enemies.2 Koto is a Sesotho name for a weapon used by Basotho men for stick fighting.3 Lebetlela is a Sesotho name for a stick used by Basotho men from initiation school to celebrate the transition to manhood.4 In Lesotho, chiefs are found in both rural and urban areas, and they usually handle sexual violence cases in their community courts.5 Ho ratha patsi literally means “cutting wood”.6 Bomachonisa is a Sesotho name for money-lenders.7 Four plus-one is a name commonly used by Basotho to refer to cabs or taxis that transport only four passengers.
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Pub Date : 2023-04-03DOI: 10.1080/21528586.2023.2233462
Gbeke Adenuga, Amos Olajubu, S. Oyewole, J. S. Omotola
ABSTRACT The threats of ethnic, religious, and ethno-religious conflicts have endured in Nigeria and become increasingly alarming in the fourth republic, which started in 1999. Ethno-religious conflicts are hostile engagements where actors and their motivations reflect a combination of ethnic and religious interests. These conflicts are deeply rooted in colonial legacies, ethno-religious-based distributions of power and resources, and failure of the post-colonial state to advance unity in diversity and promote the welfare and security of all citizens without discrimination. Between 1999 and 2021, Nigeria recorded no fewer than 2811 incidences of ethnic conflict with 18,132 fatalities, 3703 incidences of religious conflict with 29,957 fatalities, and 117 incidences of ethno-religious conflict with 2420 fatalities. These conflicts have had negative consequences for the lives and properties of the affected population, political stability, national unity, integration, development, security, and the image of the country internationally. This article examines the threats of ethno-religious conflicts in Nigeria’s fourth republic, their causes, manifestations, consequences, and possible ways forward.
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Pub Date : 2023-04-03DOI: 10.1080/21528586.2023.2233936
S. Inaka
ABSTRACT This study explores how the power-sharing regime legally politicised the Congolese public administration during the transition from 2003 to 2006. Combining Lijpart’s consociational democracy theory with theories on the politicisation of public administration, I argue that the implementation of the power-sharing political regime in a post-war country may result in the legal politicisation of its public administration. This politicisation could disturb the post-war functioning and improvements of this public administration. Drawing on a qualitative research method and documentary research, I have found that the implementation of power-sharing during the post-war transition of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 2003 to 2006 legally politicised the Congolese public administration. This situation gave rise to contradictions and overlaps between the transitional constitution and the existing labour legislation, multiple chains of command, and increase of appointments of public employees through political networks. These realities affected the implementation of reforms of this public administration.
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Pub Date : 2023-04-03DOI: 10.1080/21528586.2023.2233478
Mzingaye Brilliant Xaba
ABSTRACT In 2008, the South African government started to discuss the possibility of utilising shale gas in the energy mix to produce cleaner, cheaper, and more reliable electricity. Shale gas was to be used as a ‘bridge fuel’ in the envisaged transition to renewables. Since 2010, anti-fracking groups and other environmentalists have been at loggerheads with the state and fracking companies. This paper focuses on the effectiveness and role of anti-fracking groups and the wider environmentalism apparatus to stall fracking plans. Data for this paper is based on qualitative research in the Central Karoo between 2019 and 2022. Fieldwork involved in-depth interviews with various stakeholders, observation, documentary study, critical engagement with literature, case law and media analysis. Although the previous literature demonstrated limited power of anti-fracking groups, these groups have set boundaries and gained strides in frustrating fracking processes and conscientising communities about the dangers of fracking. Using the case of fracking, I argue that environmentalists in South Africa have been emboldened by the legal precedents they have created at courts, the secretive and elusive culture of the state, and the global dynamics against fossil fuels, especially in 2021 onwards. If it were not for their activism, fracking would have started earlier. Environmentalists have also been emboldened by global awareness of carbon emissions, especially in 2021. The victories by anti-fracking groups lend support for the argument that civil society movements are central in lobbying governments to embrace good governance, quality democracy and human rights and environmental protection.
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