{"product_id":"fractured-militancy-marcel-paret-9781501761782","title":"Fractured Militancy: Precarious Resistance in South Africa After Racial Inclusion","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDrawing on extensive ethnographic fieldwork and interviews with activists, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFractured Militancy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e tells the story of postapartheid South Africa from the perspective of Johannesburg's impoverished urban Black neighborhoods.\u003c\/b\u003e Nearly three decades after South Africa's transition from apartheid to democracy, widespread protests and xenophobic attacks suggest that not all is well in the once-celebrated \"rainbow nation.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarcel Paret traces rising protests back to the process of democratization and racial inclusion. This process dangled the possibility of change but preserved racial inequality and economic insecurity, prompting residents to use militant protests to express their deep sense of betrayal and to demand recognition and community development. Underscoring remarkable parallels to movements such as Black Lives Matter in the United States, this account attests to an ongoing struggle for Black liberation in the wake of formal racial inclusion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRather than unified resistance, however, class struggles within the process of racial inclusion produced a fractured militancy. Revealing the complicated truth behind the celebrated \"success\" of South African democratization, Paret uncovers a society divided by wealth, urban geography, nationality, employment, and political views. \u003ci\u003eFractured Militancy\u003c\/i\u003e warns of the threat that capitalism and elite class struggles present to social movements and racial justice everywhere.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Marcel Paret\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1501761781\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501761782\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e ILR Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/15\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 234\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.13lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d","brand":"Marcel Paret","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44057519980799,"sku":"9781501761782","price":130.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_71cbc414-c27d-4b0e-b115-99d7da373771.jpg?v=1685047463","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/fractured-militancy-marcel-paret-9781501761782","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}