MIGRATION AND NATIONAL IDENTITY IN SOUTH AFRICA, 1860-2010 by Audie Klotz ( 9781107515239 )

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MIGRATION AND NATIONAL IDENTITY IN SOUTH AFRICA, 1860-2010

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Audie Klotz

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CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

30 July, 2015

Pages:

298

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Traces the evolution of South African immigration policy since the arrival of Indian contract laborers through to the aftermath of the May 2008 attacks.

Synopsis:

An extraordinary outbreak of xenophobic violence in May 2008 shocked South Africa, but hostility toward newcomers has a long history. Democratization has channeled such discontent into a non-racial nationalism that specifically targets foreign Africans as a threat to prosperity. Finding suitable governmental and societal responses requires a better understanding of the complex legacies of segregation that underpin current immigration policies and practices. Unfortunately, conventional wisdoms of path dependency promote excessive fatalism and ignore how much South Africa is a typical settler state. A century ago, its policy makers shared innovative ideas with Australia and Canada, and these peers, which now openly wrestle with their own racist past, merit renewed attention. As unpalatable as the comparison might be to contemporary advocates of multiculturalism, rethinking restrictions in South Africa can also offer lessons for reconciling competing claims of indigeneity through multiple levels of representation and rights.

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13 b/w illus.

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Cambridge University Press

Prizes:

Short-listed for Francesco Guicciardini Prize for Best Book in Historical

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