Although concerns about complexity and multiplicity have long been at the core of
ethnographic research, this article moves beyond such descriptive terms and develops a …

This essay identifies patterns in the organisation and character of social movements in
Africa, drawing upon examples from sub-Saharan Africa and finding connections with the …

This comparative multi-sited study examines how, why and when politically engaged youths
in distinctive national and social movement contexts use Facebook to facilitate political …

Southern Africa is probably the most unevenly developed region on earth, combining the
most modern technologies and an advanced working class with the world's extremes of …

The global financial crisis as part of globalisation has put labour movements under pressure
around the world. This poses yet again the question of transnational solidarity. As a result of …

Analysing the processes of social movement abeyance is a much under-studied and under-
theorised area of social movement studies. This article examines the collapse of the once …

This ambitious volume examines revolutionary situations during a non-revolutionary
historical conjuncture--the neoliberal era. The last three decades have seen an increase in …

Social change has occurred unevenly in South Africa, with adverse implications for the
strategy of 'commoning.'This chapter focuses on urban commoning in South African cities as …

In this brief essay, we suggest that contemporary efforts at reworking Leon Trotsky's theory of
uneven and combined development (UCD) are enriched by an historical ethnographic lens …

This essay analyses recent campaigns to fulfil human rights to quality basic education and
access to mental health care services, led by SECTION27, a social justice organization in …