The nature of social integration in post-apartheid Cape Town
<p>This research considers the nature of social integration between individuals living in desegregated neighbourhoods in post-apartheid Cape Town. Social integration is understood as a dynamic process between individuals from apartheid's different racial classifications as opposed to the...
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| description | <p>This research considers the nature of social integration between individuals living in desegregated neighbourhoods in post-apartheid Cape Town. Social integration is understood as a dynamic process between individuals from apartheid's different racial classifications as opposed to the common emphasis in the literature on the static outcome of a neighbourhood being integrat<em>ed</em>. The research was based on both quantitative and qualitative methods. A quantitative analysis of South Africa's 2001 census results was conducted. From this analysis neighbourhoods in Cape Town with "multiple population dominance', where no single group comprises more than 50% of the suburb population and at least one other group comprises over 25%, were identified. Qualitative fieldwork (semi-structured interviews and mental maps) was conducted in two of these 'multiple population dominance' suburbs.</p> <p>Based on research in these neighbourhoods I conclude that labelling a suburb as physically desegregated implies a level of social cohesion that was not found, and masks the reality of division based on length of tenure and socio-economic status. Within the specific South African context of racial inequality, such opposition to desegregation that is not matched by a shared class is likely to restrict the potential for social integration to develop beyond the confines of black middle-classes moving into 'White' areas, and poor Coloureds and Black Africans living in low-cost housing, thus affecting only a handful of the population.</p> |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:cc5d83ee-d6fc-465b-a99e-f0e3de555d8f2022-03-27T07:21:25ZThe nature of social integration in post-apartheid Cape TownThesishttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_db06uuid:cc5d83ee-d6fc-465b-a99e-f0e3de555d8fCape Town (South Africa)South AfricaSocial conditionsPost-apartheid eraSocial integrationEconomic conditionsCape TownEnglishPolonsky Theses Digitisation Project2006Lemanski, CLemon, T<p>This research considers the nature of social integration between individuals living in desegregated neighbourhoods in post-apartheid Cape Town. Social integration is understood as a dynamic process between individuals from apartheid's different racial classifications as opposed to the common emphasis in the literature on the static outcome of a neighbourhood being integrat<em>ed</em>. The research was based on both quantitative and qualitative methods. A quantitative analysis of South Africa's 2001 census results was conducted. From this analysis neighbourhoods in Cape Town with "multiple population dominance', where no single group comprises more than 50% of the suburb population and at least one other group comprises over 25%, were identified. Qualitative fieldwork (semi-structured interviews and mental maps) was conducted in two of these 'multiple population dominance' suburbs.</p> <p>Based on research in these neighbourhoods I conclude that labelling a suburb as physically desegregated implies a level of social cohesion that was not found, and masks the reality of division based on length of tenure and socio-economic status. Within the specific South African context of racial inequality, such opposition to desegregation that is not matched by a shared class is likely to restrict the potential for social integration to develop beyond the confines of black middle-classes moving into 'White' areas, and poor Coloureds and Black Africans living in low-cost housing, thus affecting only a handful of the population.</p> |
| spellingShingle | Cape Town (South Africa) South Africa Social conditions Post-apartheid era Social integration Economic conditions Cape Town Lemanski, C The nature of social integration in post-apartheid Cape Town |
| title | The nature of social integration in post-apartheid Cape Town |
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| title_short | The nature of social integration in post-apartheid Cape Town |
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