Neoliberalism and the State of Belonging in South Africa
‘This book takes a deep dive into South African history and state theory to understand the nature and continuing production of that country’s state. Becker demonstrates both the univeralising thrust of neoliberalism and its embeddedness in South Afr
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Neoliberalism and the State of Belonging in South Africa
Derick A. Becker
Neoliberalism and the State of Belonging in South Africa
Derick A. Becker University of Nottingham Malaysia Semenyih, Malaysia
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Acknowledgement
To the readers of a certain age unfamiliar with life in a North American political science graduate program in the aughts, the Perestroika letter may mean little beyond its amusing title. The letter was a quiet protest; a denunciative missive against the narrow conception of research in journals controlled by mandarins of orthodoxy whose whims of publication determined careers. Even those who recall it may struggle to explain its significance. In bringing it up here I do not wish to suggest that I will add to or critique its argument. But in thinking about this book and how it came to be I cannot help but think of it as a story of what is possible in the reality of professional life in contemporary higher education. I see the story in an oddly positive sense, however. One may still find in this story a polemic or certainly a story whose narrative rests on the same creaky academic structures critiqued by Perestroika and others. But my intention is merely to trace how I got here, the path this book followed, and express my gratitude to those I’ve known along the way. This book is the product of a career born into a recession and a
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