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The forgotten struggle of Albert Geyser against racism and apartheid

open access: yesHTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2014
Albertus (Albert) Stephanus Geyser (10 Feb. 1918 – 13 June 1985) was a South African cleric, scholar and anti-apartheid theologian. On 17 February 2014 his alma mater, the Faculty of Theology of the University of Pretoria, presented the first ...
Andries G. van Aarde   +2 more
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SUBSTITUTING FOR THE STATE: The Sovereignty Impacts of Diverse Citizens’ Off‐grid Infrastructure Strategies in South Africa

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract In South Africa, citizens in both low‐ and high‐income areas are increasingly providing their own services to mitigate the unreliability, unaffordability and inaccessibility of state services. This article examines diverse case studies across socio‐economic and residential typologies to explore shifts in service provision responsibilities from
Fiona Anciano   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Moralische Ökonomie. Bundesdeutsche Automobilunternehmen und Apartheid

open access: yesZeithistorische Forschungen, 2016
During apartheid some 50 West German companies ran their own manufacturing plants in South Africa. How did these companies legitimise their activities? Following a long-prevailing period of cultivated ignorance of the situation for the black majority of ...
Knud Andresen
doaj   +1 more source

FINANCIALIZED VIOLENCE IN TORONTO’S RENTAL MARKET: Eviction Rates in Majority Black Renter Communities

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract While the geographical distribution of eviction filings has been explored in Toronto, the intersection of rental housing financialization, race and eviction remains underexplored. Financial actors and their intermediaries, who fuel the eviction crisis in economically disenfranchised Black renter communities, exert significant influence over ...
Nemoy Lewis   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Human rights and mental health in post-apartheid South Africa: lessons from health care professionals working with suicidal inmates in the prison system

open access: yesBMC International Health and Human Rights, 2017
Background During the era of apartheid in South Africa, a number of mental health professionals were vocal about the need for socio-economic and political reform.
Jason Bantjes   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Why do people cooperate with the police and criminal courts? A test of procedural justice theory in 30 countries

open access: yesCriminology, EarlyView.
Abstract This article presents a cross‐national test of the portability of procedural justice theory (PJT). Drawing on nationally representative survey data from 30 diverse social, political, and legal contexts across Europe and beyond, we find that the theory travels well across national borders and that its psychological purchase is particularly ...
Jonathan Jackson   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

An Ontological Security Interpretation of Global South Middle Powers' Non‐Alignment in the Ukrainian War

open access: yesGlobal Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper explores why a group of Global South middle powers has adopted stances on the Ukrainian war that diverged from the positions of the United States under President Joe Biden, the European Union and the broader NATO/Western alliance. I claim that these disparities are partially explained by the affiliation these states have with the ...
Marco Vieira
wiley   +1 more source

Die teologiese en morele regverdiging van apartheid en 'n status confessionis

open access: yesActa Theologica, 2004
Both the World Alliance of Reformed Churches (WARC) and the — then — Reformed Ecumenical Synod (RES) eventually declared a status confessionis against the theological and moral justification of apartheid.
P. J. Strauss
doaj   +1 more source

South Africa: The Ambiguities of a Middle Power

open access: yesGlobal Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT South Africa represents an interesting species of a middle power. This derives from its inherited economic muscle as Africa's powerhouse and the liberation struggle against apartheid, both of which have shaped its democratic transition. The traditions of liberation and democracy, in turn, have profoundly influenced how South Africa has ...
Garth L. le Pere
wiley   +1 more source

El movimiento afro-estadounidense contra el Apartheid sudafricano: un reflejo de la lucha de la comunidade negra a nivel doméstico y su impacto sobre la política exterior de los EE.UU

open access: yesAnos 90, 2015
En el siguiente trabajo nos proponemos analizar cómo y en qué medida el activismo afro-estadounidense contra el Apartheid sudafricano, luego de décadas de militancia y organización, comenzó a influir – y en qué medida – en las relaciones diplomáticas ...
Valeria Lourdes Carbone
doaj   +1 more source

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