Социология
Различные книги в жанре Социология
Reflecting Rogue
Reflecting Rogue – Inside the Mind of a Feminist is a mesmerizing collection of experimental autobiographical essays on power, pleasure and SA culture, written by 2016 Alan Paton Award winner, Professor Pumla Dineo Gqola. In her most personal book to date, written from a classic Gqola anti-racist, feminist perspective, Reflecting Rogue delivers twenty essays of incisive brain food, deliciously accessible to a general critical readership, without sacrificing intellectual rigour. Professor Gqola is outspoken feminist and an award-winning author. She currently is the Dean of Research at The University of Fort Hare.
'n Tydreisigersgids vir Suid-Afrika in 2030
Hoe gaan Suid-Afrika in 2030 lyk? En hoe gaan die volgende vyftien jaar ontvou? Die afgelope paar jaar het Suid-Afrika dramatiese veranderinge ondergaan: Politieke spanning het verhoog, die ekonomie het in die hek geduik en al meer Suid-Afrikaners wend hulle uit frustrasie straat toe. Wat beteken dit vir die land se toekoms? Gaan die vonk in die kruitvat vlamvat? In dié boek ontleed die bekende scenariobeplanner Frans Cronje die jongste tendense en skets vier splinternuwe scenario's vir die land se toekoms. Is Suid-Afrika op pad om 'n meer sosialistiese staat te word waar die regering op individue se grond en rykdom beslag lê? Of gaan die status quo seëvier en die gaping tussen ryk en arm vergroot terwyl misdaad die hoogte inskiet? Gaan ons demokratiese regte en vryhede toenemend verminder? Of gaan 'n reënboog onverwags sy verskyning maak? Cronje se nuwe scenario's is 'n nugter kompas vir Suid-Afrika se hoogs onvoorspelbare toekoms.
A Time Traveller's Guide to South Africa in 2030
What will South Africa look like in 2030? And how will the next fifteen years unfold? South Africa has undergone dramatic change in recent years. Political tensions are on the up, economic performance has weakened, and more and more South Africans are taking their frustrations to the streets. What does this mean for our future? Will a spark ignite the powder keg? In this book, leading scenario planner Frans Cronje analyses the latest trends and presents four brand new scenarios for the country's future. Will South Africa take the socialist route and allow the state to seize all wealth and land? Will the status quo prevail, and the wealth divide widen while crime soars? Do we face a pernicious erosion of our democratic rights and freedoms? Or will a rainbow rise unexpectedly? Cronje's new set of scenarios is a sober compass for South Africa's highly unpredictable future.
Melk die heilige koeie
"Die Afrikaner-geen is 'n dwarstrekker-geen. Dis wie ons is, 'n groep mense wat een naam en duisende opinies het. Dis tyd om al ons heilige koeie in heroorweging te neem. Heilige koeie kan nie meer heilig wees nie. Tyd om vir onsself te lag en nie vir die bure nie. As jou tong in jou kies is, gaan jy baie skade opdoen in 'n vuisgeveg."
Holy Cows
From initiation ceremonies in the Eastern Cape to Helen Zille's Twitter account, South Africa is a land ripe with contradiction. It is a place where first world aspirations often clash with third world realities. Acclaimed commentator Gareth van Onselen takes a fresh and fearless look at some of these faultlines, from the rise and fall of Nelson Mandela's Christmas party to the contested meaning of words like 'respect' and 'excellence'. In the South African Twilight Zone, liberal democracy and modernity live side-by-side with tradition and culture. Van Onselen also asks why we have seemingly become a nation that bends over backward to accommodate mediocrity, settling for that which is only good enough.
Dare We Hope?
'It is a gruesome tale – how we have moved so rapidly from the era of hope to the bleak landscape ushered in by Zuma's ascent to power …'
Yet Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela, acclaimed author and international expert on reconciliation, wants to rekindle our hope.
As a clinical psychologist who has worked for the TRC, in Rwanda and with Holocaust survivors, she offers unique perspectives on healing the wounded South African nation. In this selection of her best local and international writing, she explores our unfinished business, Afrikaner rage, the politics of revenge, why apologies are not enough and how Zuma has corrupted the soul of South Africa.
Gobodo-Madikizela offers a lucid and compelling argument that it is only in facing up to our painful past that we can find hope – and a meaningful future.
It's a Black-White Thing
In 2008, the University of the Free State was thrust into the international spotlight when the racist Reitz video became public. Have South Africans changed in any significant way since 1994, or are black and white still constrained by racial stereotypes?
This is the question American-born Donna Bryson asks herself as she goes to investigate. Over the next five years, Bryson returns again and again to Bloemfontein and realises that the university is a microcosm of the rest of the country.
On the UFS campus, black and white have had to learn to live together, but this has not always been easy. Bryson uncovers numerous personal stories of transformation, of students and staff from different backgrounds beginning to see their common humanity under the leadership of their charismatic rector, Jonathan Jansen.
A story of hope in a country desperate for good news.