POL1004F Library Guide Tutorial 5: Interests And Elections. UNDER CONSTRUCTION

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Topics: Voting; Political Parties; and Interest Groups

     Questions:

  • Do elections provide citizens with a mechanism to hold government to account?
  • Are voters rational?

 

Reference Books*:

Encyclopedia of Government and Politics.  2nd ed. R 320.03 ENCY

 

Encyclopedia of Governance.   R 351.03 ENCY

 

International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences.  R 300.3 INTE

 

Oxford Handbook of Political Economy.  CR 330 OXFO**

 

* Use the Contents pages and the Indexes 

** In Commerce Library 

 

Possible Key words you could look up in the above:

  • Accountability/Responsibility
  • Citizens/Citizen Activism
  • Elections/Electoral Systems
  • Interests/Interest Groups
  • Political Parties
  • Public Choice Theory
  • Rational Choice/Rationality
  • Voters
  • Voting Behavior

POL1004F Tutorial 4. Economy And Social Class Library Guide

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UCT Libraries  POL1004F: Tutorial 4: 
THE ECONOMY AND SOCIETY

 
 
FROM CELIA: I have posted this guide here as it hasn't yet been posted on the Course web site.
 
Readings from Course textbook
1. Topics 

Economic systems

Class

Culture

2. Readings: Heywood, pp1 83-229

 

Tutorial topic: Has class conflict been resolved in modern

Capitalist societies?

 

Reference books:

Printed Reference books

 

O’Hara, P.A. ed. 1997.  The Encyclopedia of Political Economy.  2v.
CR 330.03 ENCY [Commerce Library]

There are several articles which may be of interest:

Class;

Class analysis of world capitalism, and

Classes of capitalism

 

SCHOLTE, J.A. and R. Robertson ed.  2007.  Encyclopedia of Globalization. 2v.
R 303.48203 ENCY

 

RITZER, G. ed.  2007. The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology. Blackwell.
R 301.03 BLAC

          See articles on Capitalism and on Class

 

R 300.3 INTE
International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences. Amsterdam:  Elsevier, 2001. [Use the index]

 

Electronic Reference books

 

  1. Oxford Reference Online:

 

"institutionalization of (class) conflict"  A Dictionary of Sociology. John Scott and Gordon Marshall. Oxford University Press 2005. Oxford Reference Online. Oxford University Press.  University of Cape Town.  12 March 2008 <http://www.oxfordreference.com/views/ENTRY.html?subview=Main&entry=t88.e1128>

 

Erik Olin Wright "Class and Politics"   The Oxford Companion to the Politics of the World, 2e. Joel Krieger, ed. Oxford University Press Inc. 2001. Oxford Reference Online. Oxford University Press.   University of Cape Town.  12 March  2008 <http://www.oxfordreference.com/views/ENTRY.html?subview=Main&entry=t121.e0130 >

 

"conflict theory"  A Dictionary of Sociology. John Scott and Gordon Marshall. Oxford University Press 2005. Oxford Reference Online. Oxford University Press.  University of CapeTown. 12 March 2008 

 <http://www.oxfordreference.com/views/ENTRY.html?subview=Main&entry=t88.e369>

 

  1. History Resource Centre: World

 

"SOCIAL CLASS." Encyclopedia of European Social History. 6 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, 2001. Reproduced in History Resource Center. Farmington Hills, MI: Gale. http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/History/

 

"Class Identities in Europe in the Twentieth Century." History in Dispute, Vol. 17: Twentieth-Century European Social and Political Movements. Paul du Quenoy, ed. St. James Press, 2004. Reproduced in History Resource Center. Farmington Hills, MI: Gale. http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/History/

 

 

Some Books on Class:

 

[Consult the Contents Pages and Indexes to see if these books are relevant]

 

305.5 VOGL

Vogler, Carolyn M., 1950
The Nation State: The Neglected Dimension of Class. Aldershot:           
Gower, c1985.

 
301.01 MASS
Masses, classes, and the public sphere / edited by Mike Hill  and Warren Montag.  London; New York: Verso, 2000.
     

              
305.5 REPR
Re/presenting class: essays in postmodern Marxism /edited by J.K. Gibson-Graham, Stephen Resnick, Richard
D. Wolff.  Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2001.

 

305.5 WATE
Waters, Malcolm, 1946-  
Class and stratification: arrangements for socioeconomic inequality under capitalism / Malcolm Waters.  Melbourne, Australia: Longman Cheshire,1990

305.8 RACE
Race, nation, ethnos and class: quasi-groups and society / edited by Brian K. Taylor ; contributors, John Eade ... [et al.].  Brighton: Pennington Beech,1996.

303.484 SOCI
Social movements and social classes: the future of collective action / edited by Louis Maheu. London:
Sage, 1995

305.8 BALI
Balibar, Etienne, 1942-
Race, nation and class: ambiguous identities / Etienne Balibar and Immanuel Wallerstein; translation of
Etienne Balibar by Chris Turner.  London: Verso, 1991

305.8 CALL
Callinicos, Alex
Race and class / Alex Callinicos.  London; Chicago: Bookmarks, 1993.

 
305.50094 MARS
Marshall, T. H (Thomas Humphrey)
Citizenship and social class / T.H. Marshall and T. Bottomore.  London: Pluto Press, 1992

 
305.5 BRIN
Bringing class back in: contemporary and historical  perspectives / edited by Scott G. McNall, Rhonda F.
Levine, Rick Fantasia.  Boulder: Westview Press, 1991

 
305.5 MILI
Miliband, Ralph
Divided societies: class struggle in contemporary capitalism / Ralph Miliband.  Oxford: Clarendon
Press New York: Oxford University Press, 1989

 
320.5322 LENI
Lenin reloaded: toward a politics of truth / Sebastian Budgen, Stathis Kouvelakis, and Slavoj Zizek, editors.
Durham: Duke University Press, 2007.

306.3 TONK
Tonkiss, Fran.
Contemporary economic sociology: globalisation, production, inequality / Fran Tonkiss.  London; New
York: Routledge, 2006.

338.88 SKLA
Sklair, Leslie.
The transnational capitalist class / Leslie Sklair. Oxford: Blackwell, 2001.

335.4 LUKA
Lukacs, Gyorgy, 1885-1971.
A defence of history and class consciousness: tailism and the dialectic / Georg Lukacs; translated by
Esther Leslie; with an introduction by John Rees and a postface by Slavoj eZiezek.  London New York:
Verso, 2000.

                          
321.809 GLAS
Glassman, Ronald M
The new middle class and democracy in global perspective / Ronald M. Glassman.  New York: St.
Martin's Press Houndmills, Basingstoke: Macmillan,1997

 
338.74 SCOT
Scott, John
Corporate business and capitalist classes / John Scott. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997

 
305.55 HIDD
Kellner, Hansfried
Hidden technocrats: the new class and new capitalism /{edited by} Hansfried Kellner, Frank W. Heuberger.
New Brunswick, U.S.A: Transaction Publishers, c1992

 
330.122 ROSS
Ross, Robert J. S., 1943-
Global capitalism: the new leviathan / by Robert J.S. Ross and Kent C. Trachte.  Albany: State University
of New York Press, c1990

 

 
Full-text articles available via SocINDEX database

So, Alvin Y. "BEYOND THE LOGIC OF CAPITAL AND THE POLARIZATION MODEL." Critical Asian Studies 37, no. 3: 481-494. SocINDEX with Full Text, EBSCOhost (accessed March 12, 2008).

Merrifield, Andy. "Class Formation, Capital Accumulation, and the Downsizing of America." Monthly Review: An Independent Socialist Magazine 51, no. 5: 32. SocINDEX with Full Text, EBSCOhost (accessed March 12, 2008).

Morton, Adam David. "The Grimly Comic Riddle of Hegemony in IPE: Where is Class Struggle?." Politics 26, no. 1: 62-72. SocINDEX with Full Text, EBSCOhost (accessed March 12, 2008).

Arthur, Christopher J. The Inner Totality of Capitalism Brill Academic Publishers. SocINDEX with Full Text, EBSCOhost (accessed March 12, 2008).

Evans, M. D. R., Kelley, Jonathan, and Francis G. Castles. 2004. "Varieties of Capitalism and Class Conflict: Public Perceptions in 11 Nations." Conference Papers -- American Sociological Association: 1-51. SocINDEX with Full Text, EBSCOhost (accessed March 12, 2008).

 

POL1004F ESSAY 1 Some Additional Reading

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Journal articles:

Hyslop, J. 2000. Why did apartheid's supporters capitulate? : whiteness, class and consumption in urban South Africa, 1985-1995. Society in transition, Vol 31, Issue 1 Pages: p.36-44
301.05 SOU

Jansen van Rensburg, A. 2001. The government of national unity (19941996): its influence on South African party politics. Politeia, Vol 20, Issue 2, p.38-58.

SA ePublications database: [Full-text] Also in print: 320.05 POL

Track two, Vol 11, Issue 3, May 2002. [Whole issue]
320.96805 TRA
BA 320.96805 TRA

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POL1004F Suggested Additional Readings

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Evans, G. 1992, "The struggle for power in South Africa: the external constituency", World Today, vol. 48, pp. 221-224. 905 WOR

Glad, B. & Blanton, R. 1997, "F. W. de Klerk and Nelson Mandela: a study in cooperative transformational leadership", Presidential Studies Quarterly, vol. 27(3), pp. 565-590.
Electronic full-text accessible through Infotrac database

Hudson-Allison, D.K. 2000, "The role of non-violent resistance in South Africa: Black labor movements and the prophetic church in the spiral of the apartheid state, 1980-1989", Journal of Public and International Affairs, vol. 11, pp. 185-205.
LINK to electronic full-text:
http://www.princeton.edu/~jpia/pdf2000/Vol11_Spring00_10.pdf

Schwartzman, K. &.Taylor, K.A. 1999. What caused the collapse of Apartheid ? Journal of Political & Military Sociology, vol. 27, no.1, pp. 109-139.

Uys, S. 1996, "Pressing the ANC to take power", World Today, vol. 52, pp. 129-132.

POL1004F Essay 1 Due 8th May 2006. Updated 3/5/2006

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Essay 1 due 8th May 2006

The transition from the ‘apartheid’ government to the democratically elected government of national unity can be seen as a major watershed in South African political development. There are a number of theoretical explanations that would account for this regime change. Drawing on your readings of political theory with regard to power, authority and legitimacy, and other concepts, explain the causes of the change to the new government in South Africa.

Useful Reference books:

R 916.7005 AFR

Africa South of the Sahara 2004

The chapter on South Africa has a section on recent history.

R 320.56 CHRI

The Atlas of Changing South Africa.

R 323.16805 SUR

Race Relations Survey [the volumes for1990, 1991, 1992 ,1993 & 1994]

There is a chapter on constitutional change/constitutional negotiations.

Some other books that may be of help:

BA 320.968 DAVI [African Studies Library]

Davidson, Alex

The path to democracy: a background to the constitutional negotiations in South Africa / by Alex Davidson and Per Strand. Uppsala: Department of Government, Uppsala University, 1993.

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BA 320.968 DUTO [African Studies Library]

Du Toit, P. van der P. (Pierre)

State-building and democracy in southern Africa : a comparative study of Botswana, South Africa and Zimbabwe / Pierre du Toit. Pretoria: HSRC Publishers, 1995.

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303.620968 GAST [on loan]

BA 303.62 GAST [African Studies Library]

Gastrow, Peter, 1947-

Bargaining for peace: South Africa and the National Peace Accord / Peter Gastrow. Washington, D.C.: United States Institute of Peace Press, 1995.

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320.968 GLAS [on loan]

BA 320.968 GLAS [African Studies Library]

Glaser, Daryl

Politics and society in South Africa: a critical introduction. London: Sage Publications. 2001.

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320.968019 GUEL [2 copies on Short Loan]

BA 320.968 GUEL [African Studies Library]

Guelke, Adrian.

South Africa in transition: the misunderstood miracle / Adrian Guelke. London: I.B. Tauris, 1999.

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BA 968.18 HARV [African Studies Library]

Harvey, Robert, 1953-

The fall of apartheid: the inside story from Smuts to Mbeki / Robert Harvey. New York: Palgrave, 2000.

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320.968019 BOLD [On Loan]

BA 320.968 BOLD [African Studies Library]

The Bold experiment: South Africa's new democracy / editors, Hermann Giliomee, Lawrence Schlemmer with Sarita Hauptfleisch. Johannesburg: Southern, 1994.

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320.968018 SOUT

BA 968 SOUT [BA copy transferred to Short Loans; now has shelf number 320.968018 SOUT]

South Africa: from apartheid to national unity, 1981-1994 / edited by William Gutteridge; with contributions by Deon Geldenhuys and David Simon. Aldershot: Dartmouth, c1995.

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320.968019 MARA [2 copies on Short Loan]

BA 320.968 MARA [African Studies Library]

Marais, Hein

South Africa: limits to change: the political economy of transition / Hein Marais. London: Zed Books ; Cape Town: University of Cape Town Press, c1998.

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BAP 321.8 COMP(NATT) [African Studies Library]

Nattrass, Nicoli.

Economic factors and the transition to democracy in South Africa / by Nicoli Nattrass. [s.l. : s.n.], 1998

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BA 320.968 NYAT [African Studies Library]

Nyatsumba, Kaizer Mabhilidi, 1963-

All sides of the story: a grandstand view of South Africa's political transition / Kaizer M. Nyatsumba. Johannesburg : Ball, 1997.

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324.268083 RANT [3 copies on Short Loan]

BA 322.42 RANT [African Studies Library]

Rantete, Johannes Mutshutshu

The African National Congress and the negotiated settlement in South Africa / Johannes Mutshutshu Rantete. Pretoria: van Schaik, 1998.

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968.18 SPAR

BA 968 SPAR [BA copy transferred to SHORT LOANS; shelf number: 968.18 SPAR]

Sparks, Allister Haddon.

Tomorrow is another country: the inside story of South Africa's negotiated revolution / Allister Sparks. Sandton : Struik Book Distributors, 1994.

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320.968018 SPIT [On Short Loan]

BA 320.968 SPIT [BA copy transferred to Short Loans; shelf number: 320.968018 SPIT ]

Spitz, Richard.

The politics of transition: a hidden history of South Africa's negotiated settlement / Richard Spitz with Matthew Chaskalson. Johannesburg: Witwatersrand University Press, 2000.

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320.968 WALD [On Short Loan]

BA 320.968 WALD [BA copy transferred to Short Loans; shelf number: 320.968 WALD]

Waldmeir, Patti

Anatomy of a miracle: the end of apartheid and the birth of the new South Africa / Patti Waldmeir. New York: W.W. Norton, c1997.

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