explaining xenophobia in post-apartheid South Africa : citizenship and nationalism, identity and politics Neocosmos, M. creator Codesria text bibliography sg Dakar, Senegal CODESRIA �2010 2010 [Second edition]. monographic eng

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xiv, 172 pages ; 24 cm. "The events of May 2008 in which 62 people were killed simply for being 'foreign' and thousands were turned overnight into refugees shook the South African nation. This book is the first to attempt a comprehensive and rigorous explanation for those horrific events. It argues that xenophobia should be understood as a political discourse and practice. As such its historical development as well as the conditions of its existence must be elucidated in terms of the practices and prescriptions which structure the field of politics. In South Africa, the history of xenophobia is intimately connected to the manner in which citizenship has been conceived and fought over during the past fifty years at least ..."--Back cover. 1. Introduction: Accounting for Xenophobia in post- Apartheid South Africa -- 2. The Apartheid state and migration to South Africa: From rural labour to urban revolt -- 3. The construction of a post- Apartheid nationalist discourse of exclusion: Citizenship, state, national identity and xenophobia -- 4. Conclusion: Theory and political agency. Michael Neocosmos. Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-169). f-sa--- Xenophobia South Africa Citizenship South Africa Nationalism South Africa Immigrants South Africa Social conditions Migrant labor South Africa Foreign workers South Africa Marginality, Social South Africa JV8825.2 .N35 Neocosmos, M. Dakar, Senegal : CODESRIA, �2010 [2nd ed.]. (OCoLC)728521927 9782869783072 2869783078 2010306828 100929 20241217084007.0 ocn642828513 eng