Elephants, compassion, and the largesse of literature
- Authors: Wylie, Dan
- Date: 2011
- Language: English
- Type: Text
- Identifier: vital:582 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1018924
- Description: [From the text] Why is it that we do not raise a monument, a mausoleum, nor even a humble gravestone, to mark the death of every elephant? We habitually, even compulsively, do this for other humans, occasionally for treasured pets. Yet we do not do it for the most charismatic, gigantic, culturally resonant land animal we will ever encounter. Why not? Some possible answers. One: too much work. Another: we regard other animals as less conscious than ourselves; we are the only creatures who deserve to have our deaths so commemorated. A third: wild animals are part of wild ecosystems; it is ‘natural’ for them to die and to be reabsorbed namelessly back into those ecosystems. We humans, on the other hand, consider ourselves somehow separate from those ecosystems: we shield ourselves from ‘Nature’ with bricks and literatures while we live, with marble and epitaphs after we die.
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- Date Issued: 2011
- Authors: Wylie, Dan
- Date: 2011
- Language: English
- Type: Text
- Identifier: vital:582 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1018924
- Description: [From the text] Why is it that we do not raise a monument, a mausoleum, nor even a humble gravestone, to mark the death of every elephant? We habitually, even compulsively, do this for other humans, occasionally for treasured pets. Yet we do not do it for the most charismatic, gigantic, culturally resonant land animal we will ever encounter. Why not? Some possible answers. One: too much work. Another: we regard other animals as less conscious than ourselves; we are the only creatures who deserve to have our deaths so commemorated. A third: wild animals are part of wild ecosystems; it is ‘natural’ for them to die and to be reabsorbed namelessly back into those ecosystems. We humans, on the other hand, consider ourselves somehow separate from those ecosystems: we shield ourselves from ‘Nature’ with bricks and literatures while we live, with marble and epitaphs after we die.
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- Date Issued: 2011
English in South Africa : effective communication and the policy debate : inaugural lecture delivered at Rhodes University
- Authors: Wright, Laurence
- Date: 1993
- Subjects: Communication -- South Africa , English language -- South Africa , South Africa -- Politics and government -- 1993-1994
- Language: English
- Type: Text
- Identifier: vital:683 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1020752 , ISBN 0620031557
- Description: Inaugural lecture delivered at Rhodes University , Rhodes University Libraries (Digitisation)
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- Date Issued: 1993
- Authors: Wright, Laurence
- Date: 1993
- Subjects: Communication -- South Africa , English language -- South Africa , South Africa -- Politics and government -- 1993-1994
- Language: English
- Type: Text
- Identifier: vital:683 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1020752 , ISBN 0620031557
- Description: Inaugural lecture delivered at Rhodes University , Rhodes University Libraries (Digitisation)
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- Date Issued: 1993
Genes, microbes and man
- Authors: Woods, David R
- Date: 1973
- Language: English
- Type: Text
- Identifier: vital:682 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1020751
- Description: Inaugural lecture delivered at Rhodes University , Rhodes University Libraries (Digitisation)
- Full Text:
- Date Issued: 1973
- Authors: Woods, David R
- Date: 1973
- Language: English
- Type: Text
- Identifier: vital:682 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1020751
- Description: Inaugural lecture delivered at Rhodes University , Rhodes University Libraries (Digitisation)
- Full Text:
- Date Issued: 1973
The new townsmen: the legal position of the African in the white areas today
- Authors: Wollheim, O D
- Date: 1964
- Subjects: South Africa. Bantu Labour Act, No. 67 of 1964 , Segregation -- Law and legislation -- South Africa , Civil rights -- South Africa , Apartheid -- South Africa , South Africa -- Race relations -- 20th century , South Africa -- Social conditions -- 1961-1994 , Human rights -- South Africa -- History -- 20th century
- Type: Text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/61241 , vital:27996 , Pamhlet Box 267 , This manuscript is held at the Cory Library for Humanities Research at Rhodes University. For further information contact cory@ru.ac.za. The digitisation of this image was made possible through a generous grant received from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation 2014-2017.
- Description: This study of urban African legislation is prompted by the widespread public interest in the controversial Bantu Laws Amendment Acts — now in force as the Bantu Labour Act, No. 67 of 1964. It will seek to give a picture of the purpose and effect of this legislation.
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- Date Issued: 1964
- Authors: Wollheim, O D
- Date: 1964
- Subjects: South Africa. Bantu Labour Act, No. 67 of 1964 , Segregation -- Law and legislation -- South Africa , Civil rights -- South Africa , Apartheid -- South Africa , South Africa -- Race relations -- 20th century , South Africa -- Social conditions -- 1961-1994 , Human rights -- South Africa -- History -- 20th century
- Type: Text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/61241 , vital:27996 , Pamhlet Box 267 , This manuscript is held at the Cory Library for Humanities Research at Rhodes University. For further information contact cory@ru.ac.za. The digitisation of this image was made possible through a generous grant received from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation 2014-2017.
- Description: This study of urban African legislation is prompted by the widespread public interest in the controversial Bantu Laws Amendment Acts — now in force as the Bantu Labour Act, No. 67 of 1964. It will seek to give a picture of the purpose and effect of this legislation.
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- Date Issued: 1964
A revised checklist of the epipelagic and shore fishes of the Chagos Archipelago, central Indian Ocean
- Winterbottom, Richard, 1944-, Anderson, R Charles
- Authors: Winterbottom, Richard, 1944- , Anderson, R Charles
- Date: 1997
- Language: English
- Type: Text
- Identifier: vital:15031 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1019907 , ISSN 0073-4381 , Ichthyological Bulletin J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology; No. 66
- Description: A recent (Feb.-Mar., 1996) trip to the Chagos Archipelago, central Indian Ocean, by one of us (RCA) resulted in 51 new records of fishes for the islands. In addition, another 29 new records were discovered either in the collections of the National Museum of Natural History at the Smithsonian Institution, or were gleaned from the literature. In total, 80 new records for Chagos are reported here. The checklist by Winterbottom et al. (1989) recorded 703 species from Chagos, that total is raised to 773 species. Eighty-nine changes in nomenclature from that used in the 1989 list are documented. Three geographic localities (Indo-Pacific, Indo-west Pacific and marginally on the Pacific plate, and Indo-west Pacific) account for just over 80% of the fish fauna. The five most speciose families (numbers of species in parentheses) are the Gobiidae (98), Labridae (63), Serranidae (50), Muraenidae (41) and Pomacentridae (38), and these together account for 38% of the total fish fauna. , Rhodes University Libraries (Digitisation)
- Full Text:
- Date Issued: 1997
- Authors: Winterbottom, Richard, 1944- , Anderson, R Charles
- Date: 1997
- Language: English
- Type: Text
- Identifier: vital:15031 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1019907 , ISSN 0073-4381 , Ichthyological Bulletin J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology; No. 66
- Description: A recent (Feb.-Mar., 1996) trip to the Chagos Archipelago, central Indian Ocean, by one of us (RCA) resulted in 51 new records of fishes for the islands. In addition, another 29 new records were discovered either in the collections of the National Museum of Natural History at the Smithsonian Institution, or were gleaned from the literature. In total, 80 new records for Chagos are reported here. The checklist by Winterbottom et al. (1989) recorded 703 species from Chagos, that total is raised to 773 species. Eighty-nine changes in nomenclature from that used in the 1989 list are documented. Three geographic localities (Indo-Pacific, Indo-west Pacific and marginally on the Pacific plate, and Indo-west Pacific) account for just over 80% of the fish fauna. The five most speciose families (numbers of species in parentheses) are the Gobiidae (98), Labridae (63), Serranidae (50), Muraenidae (41) and Pomacentridae (38), and these together account for 38% of the total fish fauna. , Rhodes University Libraries (Digitisation)
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- Date Issued: 1997
Some possibilities and limitations of anthropological research : inaugural lecture delivered at Rhodes University College
- Authors: Wilson, Monica
- Date: 1948
- Subjects: Anthropology -- Research
- Language: English
- Type: Text
- Identifier: vital:681 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1020750
- Description: Inaugural lecture delivered at Rhodes University College , Rhodes University Libraries (Digitisation)
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- Date Issued: 1948
- Authors: Wilson, Monica
- Date: 1948
- Subjects: Anthropology -- Research
- Language: English
- Type: Text
- Identifier: vital:681 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1020750
- Description: Inaugural lecture delivered at Rhodes University College , Rhodes University Libraries (Digitisation)
- Full Text:
- Date Issued: 1948
Port Elizabeth Circuit: St John's, Havelock Street
- Wills, John Richard, Gardner, F E
- Authors: Wills, John Richard , Gardner, F E
- Subjects: 1903-1968
- Language: English
- Type: Text
- Identifier: vital:13964 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1018503 , MCSA, Port Elizabeth Circuit
- Description: Bequests made to St. John's Wesleyan Church, Havelock Street, Port Elizabeth.
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- Authors: Wills, John Richard , Gardner, F E
- Subjects: 1903-1968
- Language: English
- Type: Text
- Identifier: vital:13964 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1018503 , MCSA, Port Elizabeth Circuit
- Description: Bequests made to St. John's Wesleyan Church, Havelock Street, Port Elizabeth.
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Software engineering: inaugural lecture delivered at Rhodes University
- Authors: Williams, M H
- Date: 1979
- Subjects: Computer programming , Programming languages (Electronic computers)
- Language: English
- Type: Text
- Identifier: vital:680 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1020749 , ISBN 0868100102
- Description: Inaugural lecture delivered at Rhodes University , Rhodes University Libraries (Digitisation)
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- Date Issued: 1979
- Authors: Williams, M H
- Date: 1979
- Subjects: Computer programming , Programming languages (Electronic computers)
- Language: English
- Type: Text
- Identifier: vital:680 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1020749 , ISBN 0868100102
- Description: Inaugural lecture delivered at Rhodes University , Rhodes University Libraries (Digitisation)
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- Date Issued: 1979
Toward an estimate of the black population in Grahamstown
- Williams, Jane, Davies, Bill
- Authors: Williams, Jane , Davies, Bill
- Date: 1989
- Subjects: Grahamstown (South Africa) -- Population Grahamstown (South Africa) -- Census
- Language: English
- Type: Book , Text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/1937 , vital:20240 , ISBN 0868101834
- Description: This Working Paper investigates various population estimates for Rini to show the range of results which can arise by using different methods or different basic figures. These population estimates include those reflected in a report by the Centre for Social Development (January, 1989); the records of the Grahamstown Municipal Health Department, which records births, deaths and total population; and a recent report prepared by consulting engineers to the Rini Council (Ninham Shand, 1987). Apart from these estimates, other indicators such as the number of registered pensioners; the amount of water utilised in Rini; and the sewage output from Rini, are also considered as possible alternative or supplementary sources of information for assessing the total population. The main emphasis of this paper, though, is to investigate the methods used in, and the results derived from, a socio-economic survey carried out by the Grahamstown Joint Management Centre (JMC) in 1988 on instructions from the CPA and a firm of town planners. This survey determined the population to be 38 096. , Digitised by Rhodes University Library on behalf of the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER)
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- Date Issued: 1989
- Authors: Williams, Jane , Davies, Bill
- Date: 1989
- Subjects: Grahamstown (South Africa) -- Population Grahamstown (South Africa) -- Census
- Language: English
- Type: Book , Text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/1937 , vital:20240 , ISBN 0868101834
- Description: This Working Paper investigates various population estimates for Rini to show the range of results which can arise by using different methods or different basic figures. These population estimates include those reflected in a report by the Centre for Social Development (January, 1989); the records of the Grahamstown Municipal Health Department, which records births, deaths and total population; and a recent report prepared by consulting engineers to the Rini Council (Ninham Shand, 1987). Apart from these estimates, other indicators such as the number of registered pensioners; the amount of water utilised in Rini; and the sewage output from Rini, are also considered as possible alternative or supplementary sources of information for assessing the total population. The main emphasis of this paper, though, is to investigate the methods used in, and the results derived from, a socio-economic survey carried out by the Grahamstown Joint Management Centre (JMC) in 1988 on instructions from the CPA and a firm of town planners. This survey determined the population to be 38 096. , Digitised by Rhodes University Library on behalf of the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER)
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- Date Issued: 1989
Recruitment of juvenile marine fishes into permanently open and seasonally open estuarine systems on the southern coast of South Africa
- Authors: Whitfield, Alan K , Kok, H M
- Date: 1992
- Subjects: Marine fishes -- Migration -- South Africa , Estuarine fisheries
- Language: English
- Type: Text
- Identifier: vital:15020 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1019801 , ISBN 0-86810-232-6 , Ichthyological Bulletin of the J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology; No. 57
- Description: The recruitment of juvenile marine fishes into the Knysna and Swartvlei estuaries was monitored over 30 months using seine, scoop and cast nets. The relative abundance, seasonality and growth of the dominant species are presented, and includes the Cape stumpnose Rhabdosargus holubi, white steenbras Lithognathus lithognathus, blacktail Diplodus sargus, strepie Sarpa salpa, Cape moony Monodactylus falciformis, southern mullet Liza richardsonii, groovy mullet Liza dumerilii, striped mullet Liza tricuspidens, flathead mullet Mugil cephalus, freshwater mullet Myxus capensis and leervis Lichia amia. Information on a further 12 species is also provided. Recruitment of most fish species into the Swartvlei and Knysna estuaries reaches a peak during summer, which coincides with maximum food resource availability and corresponds to the time when systems along this section of the coast are often open to the sea. Artificial winter breaching of the Swartvlei mouth has occurred in the past, and has generally led to the premature closure of the system and loss of the ‘head’ of water needed for the summer opening. This type of mouth manipulation leads to reduced availability of estuarine nursery areas for marine fishes along the southern Cape coast. Comparisons between the recruitment of juvenile fishes into the Knysna and Swartvlei estuaries indicate that higher densities of most species were recorded in the former system. This is attributed mainly to the fact that the Knysna mouth is deep, permanently open, and has a strong marine influence when compared to the shallow, narrow and seasonally closed Swartvlei mouth. However, in a regional context both Knysna and Swartvlei are large, unpolluted systems, which serve as important nursery areas for many species of fish. On this basis alone, these contrasting estuarine systems should be allocated the highest possible conservation status. , Rhodes University Libraries (Digitisation)
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- Date Issued: 1992
- Authors: Whitfield, Alan K , Kok, H M
- Date: 1992
- Subjects: Marine fishes -- Migration -- South Africa , Estuarine fisheries
- Language: English
- Type: Text
- Identifier: vital:15020 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1019801 , ISBN 0-86810-232-6 , Ichthyological Bulletin of the J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology; No. 57
- Description: The recruitment of juvenile marine fishes into the Knysna and Swartvlei estuaries was monitored over 30 months using seine, scoop and cast nets. The relative abundance, seasonality and growth of the dominant species are presented, and includes the Cape stumpnose Rhabdosargus holubi, white steenbras Lithognathus lithognathus, blacktail Diplodus sargus, strepie Sarpa salpa, Cape moony Monodactylus falciformis, southern mullet Liza richardsonii, groovy mullet Liza dumerilii, striped mullet Liza tricuspidens, flathead mullet Mugil cephalus, freshwater mullet Myxus capensis and leervis Lichia amia. Information on a further 12 species is also provided. Recruitment of most fish species into the Swartvlei and Knysna estuaries reaches a peak during summer, which coincides with maximum food resource availability and corresponds to the time when systems along this section of the coast are often open to the sea. Artificial winter breaching of the Swartvlei mouth has occurred in the past, and has generally led to the premature closure of the system and loss of the ‘head’ of water needed for the summer opening. This type of mouth manipulation leads to reduced availability of estuarine nursery areas for marine fishes along the southern Cape coast. Comparisons between the recruitment of juvenile fishes into the Knysna and Swartvlei estuaries indicate that higher densities of most species were recorded in the former system. This is attributed mainly to the fact that the Knysna mouth is deep, permanently open, and has a strong marine influence when compared to the shallow, narrow and seasonally closed Swartvlei mouth. However, in a regional context both Knysna and Swartvlei are large, unpolluted systems, which serve as important nursery areas for many species of fish. On this basis alone, these contrasting estuarine systems should be allocated the highest possible conservation status. , Rhodes University Libraries (Digitisation)
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- Date Issued: 1992
World views, joking and liberated women - some reflections on the application of kinship theory
- Authors: Whisson, Michael G
- Date: 1979
- Language: English
- Type: Text
- Identifier: vital:6110 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1008104
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- Date Issued: 1979
- Authors: Whisson, Michael G
- Date: 1979
- Language: English
- Type: Text
- Identifier: vital:6110 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1008104
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- Date Issued: 1979
World views, joking and liberated women - some reflections on the application of kinship theory : inaugural lecture delivered at Rhodes University
- Authors: Whisson, Michael G
- Date: 1979
- Subjects: Joking relationships , Matrilineal kinship , Women's rights
- Language: English
- Type: Text
- Identifier: vital:679 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1020748 , ISBN 0949980943
- Description: Inaugural lecture delivered at Rhodes University , Rhodes University Libraries (Digitisation)
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- Date Issued: 1979
- Authors: Whisson, Michael G
- Date: 1979
- Subjects: Joking relationships , Matrilineal kinship , Women's rights
- Language: English
- Type: Text
- Identifier: vital:679 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1020748 , ISBN 0949980943
- Description: Inaugural lecture delivered at Rhodes University , Rhodes University Libraries (Digitisation)
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- Date Issued: 1979
Migrancy and development: prelude and variations on a theme
- Whisson, Michael G, de Wet, Christopher J, Manona, Cecil W, McAllister, Patrick A, Palmer, Robin C G
- Authors: Whisson, Michael G , de Wet, Christopher J , Manona, Cecil W , McAllister, Patrick A , Palmer, Robin C G
- Date: 1982
- Subjects: Labor supply -- South Africa Africans -- Employment Working class -- South Africa Ciskei (South Africa) -- Economic conditions Xhosa (African people)
- Language: English
- Type: Book , Text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/2101 , vital:20255 , ISBN 0868100994
- Description: Communities which have been characterised by migrancy for a long period of time, such as the Xhosa and the Italians considered in this paper, develop sets 6f terms which describe migrants. The Xhosa have varied criteria for their categories, e.g. amajoyini - those on contract to mainly the mining and construction industries; abafuduga - those who deliberately sell up and go elsewhere; amagoduka - those who intend to return home; imfiki - impoverished migrants from white owned farms. Italians tend to view the crossing of international boundaries as the essence of migration and classify their migrants by the state in which they work e.g. Inglesi, Americani, rather than by the more complex terminology of the Xhosa. Some terms are simply descriptions, others are categories with wider connotations, into which people place others and themselves. As far as possible we shall use the peoples' own categories, which define their relationships to "home", the region to which they migrate and to migrancy as a way of life, as these have important implications for what happens at home. , Digitised by Rhodes University Library on behalf of the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER)
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- Date Issued: 1982
- Authors: Whisson, Michael G , de Wet, Christopher J , Manona, Cecil W , McAllister, Patrick A , Palmer, Robin C G
- Date: 1982
- Subjects: Labor supply -- South Africa Africans -- Employment Working class -- South Africa Ciskei (South Africa) -- Economic conditions Xhosa (African people)
- Language: English
- Type: Book , Text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/2101 , vital:20255 , ISBN 0868100994
- Description: Communities which have been characterised by migrancy for a long period of time, such as the Xhosa and the Italians considered in this paper, develop sets 6f terms which describe migrants. The Xhosa have varied criteria for their categories, e.g. amajoyini - those on contract to mainly the mining and construction industries; abafuduga - those who deliberately sell up and go elsewhere; amagoduka - those who intend to return home; imfiki - impoverished migrants from white owned farms. Italians tend to view the crossing of international boundaries as the essence of migration and classify their migrants by the state in which they work e.g. Inglesi, Americani, rather than by the more complex terminology of the Xhosa. Some terms are simply descriptions, others are categories with wider connotations, into which people place others and themselves. As far as possible we shall use the peoples' own categories, which define their relationships to "home", the region to which they migrate and to migrancy as a way of life, as these have important implications for what happens at home. , Digitised by Rhodes University Library on behalf of the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER)
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- Date Issued: 1982
Labour after globalisation: old and new sources of power
- Authors: Webster, Edward
- Date: 2015
- Subjects: Globalization Labor market Labor and globalization Labor and economy Labor economics Labor supply -- Effect of automation on
- Language: English
- Type: Book , Text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/3093 , vital:20368 , ISBN 9780868104867
- Description: In this paper I focus on building a conceptual framework for an understanding of the changing dynamics of labour and workers’ sources of power. I begin by identifying worker action that draws on traditional sources of structural and associational power. I then show how the emergence of new forms of labour action is drawing on both old and new sources of power. New global forms of worker power are examined, and I conclude by suggesting that the missing dimension in the three sources of power identified – structural, associational and societal – is institutional power. If these new initiatives are to be sustainable they will need to include one of labour’s traditional sources of power, institutional power. These four-fold sources of power provide the basis for a strategy of union renewal in the age of globalisation.
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- Date Issued: 2015
- Authors: Webster, Edward
- Date: 2015
- Subjects: Globalization Labor market Labor and globalization Labor and economy Labor economics Labor supply -- Effect of automation on
- Language: English
- Type: Book , Text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/3093 , vital:20368 , ISBN 9780868104867
- Description: In this paper I focus on building a conceptual framework for an understanding of the changing dynamics of labour and workers’ sources of power. I begin by identifying worker action that draws on traditional sources of structural and associational power. I then show how the emergence of new forms of labour action is drawing on both old and new sources of power. New global forms of worker power are examined, and I conclude by suggesting that the missing dimension in the three sources of power identified – structural, associational and societal – is institutional power. If these new initiatives are to be sustainable they will need to include one of labour’s traditional sources of power, institutional power. These four-fold sources of power provide the basis for a strategy of union renewal in the age of globalisation.
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- Date Issued: 2015
Moving towards an African identity: a personal vision for the future of Rhodes University
- Authors: Webb, Arthur (Arthur C M)
- Date: 2006-10-04
- Language: English
- Type: Text
- Identifier: vital:572 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1006129
- Description: [From text] There is no doubt that the past two decades have brought radical changes to tertiary education throughout the world. In essence, this was the consequence of the commoditisation of knowledge. The past three decades have seen the emergence of the knowledge-based economy. Knowledge is replacing physical and tangible assets as the key driver of wealth creation and economic growth. How national governments responded to this became critical. Generally, as in the case of Britain, the transition was driven by governments anxious to precipitate their economies into the new era. At the same time, the prohibitive costs of offering free or heavily subsidised tertiary education became a fiscal burden seen as untenable in a post-Keynesian, neo-liberal environment where ‘small government is beautiful’. Often, the transition was successful beyond their expectations because of the ease with which tertiary funding was slashed without serious protest from academics or political constituencies. However, the transition has not only threatened the traditional role and perception of universities in society, it has catapulted many economies onto developmental paths that now challenge the traditional concepts of society, nation, and in particular, the university.
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- Date Issued: 2006-10-04
- Authors: Webb, Arthur (Arthur C M)
- Date: 2006-10-04
- Language: English
- Type: Text
- Identifier: vital:572 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1006129
- Description: [From text] There is no doubt that the past two decades have brought radical changes to tertiary education throughout the world. In essence, this was the consequence of the commoditisation of knowledge. The past three decades have seen the emergence of the knowledge-based economy. Knowledge is replacing physical and tangible assets as the key driver of wealth creation and economic growth. How national governments responded to this became critical. Generally, as in the case of Britain, the transition was driven by governments anxious to precipitate their economies into the new era. At the same time, the prohibitive costs of offering free or heavily subsidised tertiary education became a fiscal burden seen as untenable in a post-Keynesian, neo-liberal environment where ‘small government is beautiful’. Often, the transition was successful beyond their expectations because of the ease with which tertiary funding was slashed without serious protest from academics or political constituencies. However, the transition has not only threatened the traditional role and perception of universities in society, it has catapulted many economies onto developmental paths that now challenge the traditional concepts of society, nation, and in particular, the university.
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- Date Issued: 2006-10-04
Elderly whites in Grahamstown: a survey of their socio-economic characteristics, housing needs and preferences
- Authors: Watts, H L
- Date: 1962
- Subjects: Older people -- South Africa -- Grahamstown
- Language: English
- Type: Book , Text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/2518 , vital:20300
- Description: During 1960 a survey was made of the elderly White population of Grahamstown, and its characteristics. In particular, housing needs and preferences were investigated with a view to uncovering problems. Housing meets the basic need of man for shelter. Satisfactory housing provides not merely shelter alone, but meets important social, psychological and physical needs of the inhabitants. The situation in regard to the housing of the elderly must not be ignored, for as Tunbridge has pointed out, 'the need for adequate housing of the elderly is vital, because the added strain of living in unsuitable accommodation may precipitate disability and dependency'. The survey was undertaken by the Department of Sociology of Rhodes University. Structured interviews were conducted with a probability cluster sample of elderly Whites. The fieldwork was carried out on a part-time basis by twenty- five second-year Sociology students after an initial period of training. Generally people were most co-operative, and the elderly appreciated an interest being taken in their needs and preferences. Response was obtained from a total of 102, or 86.5 per cent of the persons aged 60+ years in the sample. Fuller details of the sampling design are given for the technical reader in Appendix B. The sample is considered to be free from major biases, and provides an estimate of the position prevailing in the total population of elderly Whites in Grahamstown. , Digitised by Rhodes University Library on behalf of the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER)
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- Date Issued: 1962
- Authors: Watts, H L
- Date: 1962
- Subjects: Older people -- South Africa -- Grahamstown
- Language: English
- Type: Book , Text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/2518 , vital:20300
- Description: During 1960 a survey was made of the elderly White population of Grahamstown, and its characteristics. In particular, housing needs and preferences were investigated with a view to uncovering problems. Housing meets the basic need of man for shelter. Satisfactory housing provides not merely shelter alone, but meets important social, psychological and physical needs of the inhabitants. The situation in regard to the housing of the elderly must not be ignored, for as Tunbridge has pointed out, 'the need for adequate housing of the elderly is vital, because the added strain of living in unsuitable accommodation may precipitate disability and dependency'. The survey was undertaken by the Department of Sociology of Rhodes University. Structured interviews were conducted with a probability cluster sample of elderly Whites. The fieldwork was carried out on a part-time basis by twenty- five second-year Sociology students after an initial period of training. Generally people were most co-operative, and the elderly appreciated an interest being taken in their needs and preferences. Response was obtained from a total of 102, or 86.5 per cent of the persons aged 60+ years in the sample. Fuller details of the sampling design are given for the technical reader in Appendix B. The sample is considered to be free from major biases, and provides an estimate of the position prevailing in the total population of elderly Whites in Grahamstown. , Digitised by Rhodes University Library on behalf of the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER)
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- Date Issued: 1962
South African town: some community patterns and processes in the white population of King William's Town
- Authors: Watts, H L
- Date: 1965
- Subjects: King William's Town (South Africa) -- Social conditions
- Language: English
- Type: Book , Text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/2531 , vital:20301
- Description: The town chosen for examination was King William’s Town, in the Border region of the Cape Province. Dating back over a century and more to the days of the old British Kaffraria, the town has existed long enough to build up an apparently stable population with its own way of life. Today about fourteen-and-a-half thousand souls live in the borough, of whom under seven thousand are Whites. The community lie s in a region of small towns, dominated by the nearby city of East London, which is about 40 miles away on the coast, and provides one of the smaller of the harbours on the eastern coastline of the Republic. King William's Town is a compact, apparently static community, and seems to be typical of many small inland towns in South Africa. Its ways of life and problems probably match those of not a few other towns in the Republic. What types of people live in a small town such as King William’s Town, and what do they think about their community? Where have the people in the town come from, and are they likely to stay on in the community, or leave it? How do they earn their living, and does the town provide a living for the younger generation, or must they leave to seek work elsewhere? These are key questions, involving important aspects of town life, which there search project attempts to answer. The study concentrates on the Whites living in the community, and analyses them in some d e tail. It describes the different types of people to be found in the town, and shows how they earn their living. Attitudes towards life in the town are investigated. , Digitised by Rhodes University Library on behalf of the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER)
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- Date Issued: 1965
- Authors: Watts, H L
- Date: 1965
- Subjects: King William's Town (South Africa) -- Social conditions
- Language: English
- Type: Book , Text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/2531 , vital:20301
- Description: The town chosen for examination was King William’s Town, in the Border region of the Cape Province. Dating back over a century and more to the days of the old British Kaffraria, the town has existed long enough to build up an apparently stable population with its own way of life. Today about fourteen-and-a-half thousand souls live in the borough, of whom under seven thousand are Whites. The community lie s in a region of small towns, dominated by the nearby city of East London, which is about 40 miles away on the coast, and provides one of the smaller of the harbours on the eastern coastline of the Republic. King William's Town is a compact, apparently static community, and seems to be typical of many small inland towns in South Africa. Its ways of life and problems probably match those of not a few other towns in the Republic. What types of people live in a small town such as King William’s Town, and what do they think about their community? Where have the people in the town come from, and are they likely to stay on in the community, or leave it? How do they earn their living, and does the town provide a living for the younger generation, or must they leave to seek work elsewhere? These are key questions, involving important aspects of town life, which there search project attempts to answer. The study concentrates on the Whites living in the community, and analyses them in some d e tail. It describes the different types of people to be found in the town, and shows how they earn their living. Attitudes towards life in the town are investigated. , Digitised by Rhodes University Library on behalf of the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER)
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- Date Issued: 1965
Border port : a study of East London, South Africa, with special reference to the white population
- Watts, H L, Agar-Hamilton, J A I
- Authors: Watts, H L , Agar-Hamilton, J A I
- Date: 1970
- Subjects: East London (South Africa) -- Economic conditions East London (South Africa) -- Social conditions
- Language: English
- Type: Book , Text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/2824 , vital:20329
- Description: While there are studies of the Border region, which give a picture of the economic, industrial, and physical features of the dominant centre of East London and of its Bantu population, no detailed study of the White population of the city had, prior to 1954, been published. So it was that in 1964 the present study was commenced as primarily a sociological analysis of the White population of East London. It was designed to deal with this gap in our knowledge of the region. The study includes a description of the historical development of the city, and some reference to its regional setting. The White population of the city is analysed in some detail. , Digitised by Rhodes University Library on behalf of the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER)
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- Date Issued: 1970
- Authors: Watts, H L , Agar-Hamilton, J A I
- Date: 1970
- Subjects: East London (South Africa) -- Economic conditions East London (South Africa) -- Social conditions
- Language: English
- Type: Book , Text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/2824 , vital:20329
- Description: While there are studies of the Border region, which give a picture of the economic, industrial, and physical features of the dominant centre of East London and of its Bantu population, no detailed study of the White population of the city had, prior to 1954, been published. So it was that in 1964 the present study was commenced as primarily a sociological analysis of the White population of East London. It was designed to deal with this gap in our knowledge of the region. The study includes a description of the historical development of the city, and some reference to its regional setting. The White population of the city is analysed in some detail. , Digitised by Rhodes University Library on behalf of the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER)
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- Date Issued: 1970
Journalism in a new democracy : the ethics of listening.
- Authors: Wasserman, Herman
- Date: 2012-09-19
- Language: English
- Type: Text
- Identifier: vital:577 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1008551
- Description: [Conclusion] I started this lecture by recalling how, as a youngster, it was stories that helped me to understand the country I was growing up in, and helped me imagine the lives of others that I did not read about in the media of that time. For journalism in a new democracy such as South Africa to serve more than an elite, for it to enable citizens to actively practice their citizenship through media, for it to treat all South Africans with dignity, it would have to learn to listen across the different lines that continue to keep South Africans apart – journalists would have to learn to listen to the stories of those on the other side of the railway line, the breadline, the picket line, the barbed wire fence. What would this listening mean for journalists in practice? Let me end by returning to the coverage of the Marikana massacre. In a recent interview with Greg Marinovich, the journalist that did the investigation that cast doubt on the official accounts of the events, he was asked if what was needed for better journalism was more investment of resources. ‘Do we need a team (or teams) of journalists to get to the bottom of this?’ he was asked. Marinovich responded as follows: “I wouldn't say that. I think other journalists have been spending more time there than I have (…) It's about opening your eyes and looking at what people are telling you, looking at their stories.”
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- Date Issued: 2012-09-19
- Authors: Wasserman, Herman
- Date: 2012-09-19
- Language: English
- Type: Text
- Identifier: vital:577 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1008551
- Description: [Conclusion] I started this lecture by recalling how, as a youngster, it was stories that helped me to understand the country I was growing up in, and helped me imagine the lives of others that I did not read about in the media of that time. For journalism in a new democracy such as South Africa to serve more than an elite, for it to enable citizens to actively practice their citizenship through media, for it to treat all South Africans with dignity, it would have to learn to listen across the different lines that continue to keep South Africans apart – journalists would have to learn to listen to the stories of those on the other side of the railway line, the breadline, the picket line, the barbed wire fence. What would this listening mean for journalists in practice? Let me end by returning to the coverage of the Marikana massacre. In a recent interview with Greg Marinovich, the journalist that did the investigation that cast doubt on the official accounts of the events, he was asked if what was needed for better journalism was more investment of resources. ‘Do we need a team (or teams) of journalists to get to the bottom of this?’ he was asked. Marinovich responded as follows: “I wouldn't say that. I think other journalists have been spending more time there than I have (…) It's about opening your eyes and looking at what people are telling you, looking at their stories.”
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- Date Issued: 2012-09-19
English in Africa 2000 : towards a new millennium : inaugural lecture delivered at Rhodes University
- Authors: Walters, Paul S
- Date: 1988
- Subjects: Molteno Project , English language -- Study and teaching -- South Africa , English language -- Usage -- South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: Text
- Identifier: vital:678 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1020747 , ISBN 0868101680
- Description: Inaugural lecture delivered at Rhodes University , Rhodes University Libraries (Digitisation)
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- Date Issued: 1988
English in Africa 2000 : towards a new millennium : inaugural lecture delivered at Rhodes University
- Authors: Walters, Paul S
- Date: 1988
- Subjects: Molteno Project , English language -- Study and teaching -- South Africa , English language -- Usage -- South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: Text
- Identifier: vital:678 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1020747 , ISBN 0868101680
- Description: Inaugural lecture delivered at Rhodes University , Rhodes University Libraries (Digitisation)
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- Date Issued: 1988