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From Workshop to Wasteland: De-Industrialization and Fragmentation of the Black Working Class on the East Rand (South Africa), 1990-1999

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From Workshop to Wasteland: De-Industrialization and Fragmentation of the Black Working Class on the East Rand (South Africa), 1990-1999
Author(s)Barchiesi, Franco; Kenny, Bridget
AbstractWhen the South African government unified a region of approximately 2.5 million people in several East Rand towns, a contradictory process was begun that has influenced manufacturing and redefined issues of class and race. The effect of deindustrialization on workers has left little opportunity for them to enjoy the “rights to full social citizenship.” Subsequent restructuring has affected the outlook of workers, influenced the progression of deindustrialization, and redefined discussions of social processes. This is in sharp contrast to the situation in nearby Johannesburg, where a “new economy” is emerging both economically and symbolically.
IssueNo1
Pages35-63
ArticleAccess to Article
SourceInternational Review of Social History
VolumeNo47
PubDateApril2002
ISBN_ISSN0020-8590


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