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Title: | Multiple layers of hegemony: post-apartheid South Africa and the South African Communist Party (SACP) |
Author: | Thomas, David P. |
Year: | 2012 |
Periodical: | Canadian Journal of African Studies (ISSN 0008-3968) |
Volume: | 46 |
Issue: | 1 |
Pages: | 109-127 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | South Africa |
Subjects: | power South African Communist Party |
External link: | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00083968.2012.659583 |
Abstract: | This article explores the neo-Gramscian concept of hegemony by investigating what the author refers to as multiple layers of hegemony existing and interacting with one another. Moreover, an empirical analysis of the South African Communist Party's (SACP's) role in the post-apartheid political landscape is conducted in order to elucidate the key theoretical points under consideration. The article suggests that there are at least three relatively distinct layers, or forms, of hegemony that influence the post-apartheid political struggles of the SACP: global, national, and organizational. Engaging with the notion of hegemony in this manner, the author seeks to more clearly understand and explain the case study at hand, and also begins a conversation regarding the theoretical implications of engaging with the concept of hegemony in this manner. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. in English and French. [Journal abstract] |