POLI 422 Reading Study Doc Flashcards
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What is the main argument of Douek in Chapter 3 regarding apartheid counterinsurgency?
South Africa’s security apparatus used covert violence during the democratic transition to weaken the ANC and maintain apartheid state influence.
What does ‘counterinsurgency during negotiations’ refer to?
State violence to shape a post-apartheid order without losing elite control.
What was the NSMS?
National Security Management System remained active.
What type of violence did Douek discuss in relation to the ANC and IFP?
Use of third force violence to incite township conflict.
What was the primary argument in Douek’s Chapter 4 about MK?
Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) remained militarily active and operated semi-autonomously.
What characterized the ‘shadow war’ mentioned by Douek?
Targeted killings and secret intelligence battles.
What does the term ‘guerrilla adaptability’ contrast with?
Rigid hierarchy.
What was a significant factor in UNITA’s survival according to Malaquias?
Flexible insurgent strategy.
What role did ethnic nationalism play in UNITA’s strategy?
It was significant, particularly the Ovimbundu base.
What does RENAMO’s violence illustrate in Weinstein’s analysis?
It was strategically used where support was weak and more moderately in sympathetic areas.
What is the core concept in Hultman’s argument about RENAMO?
The ‘power to hurt’ to change political will.
What did Douek’s Chapter 6 reveal about apartheid state efforts?
Efforts to co-opt or destroy ANC and MK through espionage and counterintelligence.
What was the Steyn Report?
A landmark 1992 investigation into military intelligence abuses.
What does the term ‘neo-apartheid constitutionalism’ refer to?
Post-apartheid South Africa reproducing anti-Black, bifurcated society through constitutional liberalism.
What does Gqola argue about rape in South Africa?
Rape is a language of power, rooted in colonialism, apartheid, and post-apartheid patriarchy.
What does Saul critique about African liberation?
The hollowing of liberation into elite liberal democracy.
What does Alexander’s work on Zimbabwe highlight?
The violent suppression of internal dissent post-independence.
What was the outcome of the militarisation of the state in Zimbabwe according to Bracking?
Coercion in rural areas and elite enrichment replacing pro-poor governance.
What does Alexander’s analysis of the Marikana massacre reveal?
It was shaped by economic exploitation, political betrayal, and state violence.
What does Douek argue about the logic of counterinsurgency after 1994?
It continued and was adapted by the ANC to suppress new opposition.
What does ‘counterinsurgency as hegemony’ imply?
Coercion and consent are fused in governance.
What are ‘sustainability variables’ in the context of Forster’s work?
Grievances, local networks, external enablers.
What does Gqola say about violent masculinities in South Africa?
They co-produce a public culture of threat, shame, and impunity.
