South Africa and the 2014 national election: a shift to the left?
| dc.contributor.author | Greffrath, Wynand | |
| dc.contributor.author | Duvenhage, Andre | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-07-19T15:54:00Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-07-19T15:54:00Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2014 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The period prior to the 2014 South African national and provincial elections witnessed the mobilisation of numerous socio-economic and political forces. Consequently, the outcomes of the 2014 election is of particular importance in charting the political landscape that lies ahead. This article hypothesises that South African politics has undergone an incremental (but increasingly radical) shift towards the left of the political spectrum. Through an integrated analysis of trends in the ruling party, opposition politics, socio-economic conditions, organised labour and electoral outcomes, this hypothesis is confirmed. | en_ZA |
| dc.description.version | Publisher's version | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Greffrath, W., & Duvenhage, A. (2014). South Africa and the 2014 national election: a shift to the left?. Journal for Contemporary History, 39(2), 196-224. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0285-2422 (print) | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 2415-0509 (online) | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11660/3407 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher | Faculty of the Humanities, University of the Free State | en_ZA |
| dc.rights.holder | Faculty of the Humanities, University of the Free State | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | South African elections 2014 | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | South African politics | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Opposition politics | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Organised labour | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Left-wing politics | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | The political spectrum | en_ZA |
| dc.title | South Africa and the 2014 national election: a shift to the left? | en_ZA |
| dc.type | Article | en_ZA |