3- Xenophobia and the of the refugee in the rainbow nation of human rights
Corresponding Author(s) : Ashwin Desai
African Sociological Review,
Vol. 12 No. 2 (2008): African Sociological Review
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- Agamben, A., 2000, Means without End, University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis.
- Agamben, A., 1995, Homo Sacer: Sovereign Power and Bare Life, Stanford University Press, Stanford.
- Arendt, H., 1958, The Origins of Totalitarianism, Meridian, New York.
- Balfour, I. and Cadava, E., 2004, ‘The Claims of Human Rights: An Introduction’, The South Atlantic Quarterly, Volume 103, Number 2/3.
- Bolsmann, C., 2006, ‘Trade union internationalism and solidarity in the auto industry: fighting apartheid and engaging with globalisation’, Unpublished PhD thesis, University of Warwick.
- Bond, P., 2008, ‘The Structural and Policy Contexts for South Africa’s Resurgent Xenophobia’, unpublished paper.
- Cohen, R., 1991, Contested Domains, Zed Books, London.
- Comaroff, J. and Comaroff, J., 1985, ‘Naturing the Nation: Aliens, Apocalypse and the Postcolonial state’, in Hansen, T. and Stepputat, F., eds., Sovereign Bodies: Citizens, Migrants, and States in the Postcolonial World, Princeton University Press, Princeton.
- Crush, J., McDonald, D., Williams, V., Everett, K., Dorey, D. and Taylor, T., 2008, The Perfect Storm: The Realities of Xenophobia in Contemporary South Africa, SAMP, Idasa and Southern African Research Centre, Queen’s University, Canada.
- Danso, R. and McDonald, D., 2001, ‘Writing Xenophobia: Immigration and the Print Media in Post-Apartheid South Africa’, Africa Today, 48, 3: 114-37.
- Dolan, C. and Reitzes, M., 1996, ‘The insider story? Press coverage of illegal migrants and refugees, April 1994-September 1995’, Centre for Policy Studies, Johannesburg, Research Report No. 48.
- Everett, K. L., 2007, ‘Voices from the Margins: Migrant Women’s Experiences in Southern Africa’, Migration Policy Series No. 46.
- Fanon, F., 1990, The Wretched of the Earth, Penguin, London. Ferguson, N., 2006, Global Shadows, Duke University Press, Durham. Foner, E., 2002, Who Owns History, Hill and Wang, New York.
- Foucault, M., 1997, Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison, New York, Pantheon Books. Hall, S., 1978, ‘Racism and Reaction’, in Five Views of Multi-Racial Britain: Talks on Race Relations Broadcast by BBC-TV, Commission of Racial Equality.
- Hardt, M. and Negri, A., 2000, Empire, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press.
- Harris, B., 2001, ‘AForeign Experience: Violence, crime and xenophobia during South Africa’s Transition’, Violence and Transition Series, Vol. 5, August.
- Hart, G., 2008, ‘The Provocations of Neoliberalism: Contesting the Nation and Liberation after Apartheid’, Antipode, 40.
- Hobsbawm, E., 1990, Nations and nationalism since 1870, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
- Hobsbawm, E., 2007, Gobalisation, Democracy and Terrorism, Little, Brown, London.
- Human Rights Watch (HRW), 1998, “Prohibited Persons”: Abuse of Undocumented Migrants, Asylum Seekers and Refugees in South Africa. New York: Human Rights Watch.
- Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC), 2008, ‘Citizenship, Violence and Xenophobia in South Africa: Perceptions from South African Communities’, Democracy and Governance Programme, Pretoria, June.
- Human Rights Commission (HRC), 1999, Report on the arrest and detention of persons in terms of the Aliens Control Act, Johannesburg: Human Rights Commission.
- Ignatieff, M., 1993, Blood and Belonging: Journeys into the New Nationalism, Chatto and Windus, London.
- Mattes, R., Taylor, D., McDonald, D., Poore, A., and Richmond, W., 1999, ‘Still Waiting for the Barbarians: SA Attitudes to Immigrants and Immigration’. Southern African Migration Policy Series 14, Cape Town, IDASA.
- McDonald, D. and Jacobs, S., 2005, ‘(Re)writing xenophobia: Understanding press coverage of
- cross-border migration in Southern Africa’, Journal of Contemporary African Studies, 23:3, 295-325.
- Minnaar, A. and Hough, M., 1996, Who Goes There? Perspectives on Clandestine Migration and Illegal Aliens in Southern Africa, Pretoria Human Sciences Research Council.
- Moncriefe, J. and Eyben, R., eds., 2007, Introduction: Labelling, Power and Accountability: How and Why ‘Our’ Categories Matter in the power of labelling, Earthscan, London.
- Morris, A., 1998, ‘Our Fellow Africans Make our Lives Hell: The Lives of Congolese and Nigerians Living In Johannesburg’, Ethnic and Racial Studies 21, no. 6: 1116-36.
- Murray, M., 2003, ‘Alien Strangers in Our Midst: The Dreaded Foreign Invasion and ‘Fortress South Africa’’, Canadian Journal of African Studies, Vol. 37, No. 2/3: 440-466.
- Nqakula, C., 2007, ‘Reply to Question 1834, National Assembly, 36/1/4/1/200700232’, Cape Town, 22 November.
- Peberdy, S., 1999a, Selecting immigrants: nationalism and national identity in South Africa’s immigration policies, 1910-1998.
- Unpublished doctorate, Queen’s University, Canada.
- Peberdy, S., 1999b, ‘Exclusive immigration policies and inclusive identities in the “New” South Africa’, Unpublished seminar paper, University of Witwatersrand.
- Rinder, I., 1958-59, ‘Strangers in the land: Social Relations in the status gap’, Social Problems, 6.
- Rude, G., 1964, The Crowd in History: A Study of Popular Disturbances in France and England (1730-1848), John Wiley and Sons, New York.
- South African Migration Programme (SAMP), ‘Immigration, Xenophobia and Human Rights in South Africa’, Southern African Migration Policy Series, 22, Cape Town, SAMP.
- Scott, J., 1985, Weapons of the Weak: Everyday Forms of Resistance, New Haven, Yale University Press.
- Turner, B., 2007, ‘The Enclave Society: Towards a Sociology of Immobility’, European Journal of Social Theory, 10 (2).
- United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, 1998, Information for refugees and asylum seekers in South Africa. Pretoria. United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
- Vale, P., 2002, ‘Migration, xenophobia and security-making in post-apartheid South Africa’,Politikon, 29:1, 7-29.
- Wale, K., 2008, ‘Intersecting discourses, identities and systems of power: Unfolding the “power complex” of the discourse of betrayal’, Paper presented at the University of Johannesburg, 30 July.Williams, V., 1999, ‘Spot the alien’, Crossings, 3 (2).
References
Agamben, A., 2000, Means without End, University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis.
Agamben, A., 1995, Homo Sacer: Sovereign Power and Bare Life, Stanford University Press, Stanford.
Arendt, H., 1958, The Origins of Totalitarianism, Meridian, New York.
Balfour, I. and Cadava, E., 2004, ‘The Claims of Human Rights: An Introduction’, The South Atlantic Quarterly, Volume 103, Number 2/3.
Bolsmann, C., 2006, ‘Trade union internationalism and solidarity in the auto industry: fighting apartheid and engaging with globalisation’, Unpublished PhD thesis, University of Warwick.
Bond, P., 2008, ‘The Structural and Policy Contexts for South Africa’s Resurgent Xenophobia’, unpublished paper.
Cohen, R., 1991, Contested Domains, Zed Books, London.
Comaroff, J. and Comaroff, J., 1985, ‘Naturing the Nation: Aliens, Apocalypse and the Postcolonial state’, in Hansen, T. and Stepputat, F., eds., Sovereign Bodies: Citizens, Migrants, and States in the Postcolonial World, Princeton University Press, Princeton.
Crush, J., McDonald, D., Williams, V., Everett, K., Dorey, D. and Taylor, T., 2008, The Perfect Storm: The Realities of Xenophobia in Contemporary South Africa, SAMP, Idasa and Southern African Research Centre, Queen’s University, Canada.
Danso, R. and McDonald, D., 2001, ‘Writing Xenophobia: Immigration and the Print Media in Post-Apartheid South Africa’, Africa Today, 48, 3: 114-37.
Dolan, C. and Reitzes, M., 1996, ‘The insider story? Press coverage of illegal migrants and refugees, April 1994-September 1995’, Centre for Policy Studies, Johannesburg, Research Report No. 48.
Everett, K. L., 2007, ‘Voices from the Margins: Migrant Women’s Experiences in Southern Africa’, Migration Policy Series No. 46.
Fanon, F., 1990, The Wretched of the Earth, Penguin, London. Ferguson, N., 2006, Global Shadows, Duke University Press, Durham. Foner, E., 2002, Who Owns History, Hill and Wang, New York.
Foucault, M., 1997, Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison, New York, Pantheon Books. Hall, S., 1978, ‘Racism and Reaction’, in Five Views of Multi-Racial Britain: Talks on Race Relations Broadcast by BBC-TV, Commission of Racial Equality.
Hardt, M. and Negri, A., 2000, Empire, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press.
Harris, B., 2001, ‘AForeign Experience: Violence, crime and xenophobia during South Africa’s Transition’, Violence and Transition Series, Vol. 5, August.
Hart, G., 2008, ‘The Provocations of Neoliberalism: Contesting the Nation and Liberation after Apartheid’, Antipode, 40.
Hobsbawm, E., 1990, Nations and nationalism since 1870, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
Hobsbawm, E., 2007, Gobalisation, Democracy and Terrorism, Little, Brown, London.
Human Rights Watch (HRW), 1998, “Prohibited Persons”: Abuse of Undocumented Migrants, Asylum Seekers and Refugees in South Africa. New York: Human Rights Watch.
Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC), 2008, ‘Citizenship, Violence and Xenophobia in South Africa: Perceptions from South African Communities’, Democracy and Governance Programme, Pretoria, June.
Human Rights Commission (HRC), 1999, Report on the arrest and detention of persons in terms of the Aliens Control Act, Johannesburg: Human Rights Commission.
Ignatieff, M., 1993, Blood and Belonging: Journeys into the New Nationalism, Chatto and Windus, London.
Mattes, R., Taylor, D., McDonald, D., Poore, A., and Richmond, W., 1999, ‘Still Waiting for the Barbarians: SA Attitudes to Immigrants and Immigration’. Southern African Migration Policy Series 14, Cape Town, IDASA.
McDonald, D. and Jacobs, S., 2005, ‘(Re)writing xenophobia: Understanding press coverage of
cross-border migration in Southern Africa’, Journal of Contemporary African Studies, 23:3, 295-325.
Minnaar, A. and Hough, M., 1996, Who Goes There? Perspectives on Clandestine Migration and Illegal Aliens in Southern Africa, Pretoria Human Sciences Research Council.
Moncriefe, J. and Eyben, R., eds., 2007, Introduction: Labelling, Power and Accountability: How and Why ‘Our’ Categories Matter in the power of labelling, Earthscan, London.
Morris, A., 1998, ‘Our Fellow Africans Make our Lives Hell: The Lives of Congolese and Nigerians Living In Johannesburg’, Ethnic and Racial Studies 21, no. 6: 1116-36.
Murray, M., 2003, ‘Alien Strangers in Our Midst: The Dreaded Foreign Invasion and ‘Fortress South Africa’’, Canadian Journal of African Studies, Vol. 37, No. 2/3: 440-466.
Nqakula, C., 2007, ‘Reply to Question 1834, National Assembly, 36/1/4/1/200700232’, Cape Town, 22 November.
Peberdy, S., 1999a, Selecting immigrants: nationalism and national identity in South Africa’s immigration policies, 1910-1998.
Unpublished doctorate, Queen’s University, Canada.
Peberdy, S., 1999b, ‘Exclusive immigration policies and inclusive identities in the “New” South Africa’, Unpublished seminar paper, University of Witwatersrand.
Rinder, I., 1958-59, ‘Strangers in the land: Social Relations in the status gap’, Social Problems, 6.
Rude, G., 1964, The Crowd in History: A Study of Popular Disturbances in France and England (1730-1848), John Wiley and Sons, New York.
South African Migration Programme (SAMP), ‘Immigration, Xenophobia and Human Rights in South Africa’, Southern African Migration Policy Series, 22, Cape Town, SAMP.
Scott, J., 1985, Weapons of the Weak: Everyday Forms of Resistance, New Haven, Yale University Press.
Turner, B., 2007, ‘The Enclave Society: Towards a Sociology of Immobility’, European Journal of Social Theory, 10 (2).
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, 1998, Information for refugees and asylum seekers in South Africa. Pretoria. United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
Vale, P., 2002, ‘Migration, xenophobia and security-making in post-apartheid South Africa’,Politikon, 29:1, 7-29.
Wale, K., 2008, ‘Intersecting discourses, identities and systems of power: Unfolding the “power complex” of the discourse of betrayal’, Paper presented at the University of Johannesburg, 30 July.Williams, V., 1999, ‘Spot the alien’, Crossings, 3 (2).