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Title:Administrative strategies and political power in South Africa's black townships 1930-1960
Author:Robinson, Jennifer
Year:1991
Periodical:Urban Forum
Volume:2
Issue:2
Pages:63-77
Language:English
Geographic term:South Africa
Subjects:indirect rule
townships
External link:https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF03036679
Abstract:'Native administrators' and other State officials directly responsible for the daily supervision of African people in particular 'locations' (later 'townships') are appearing in the pages of the history of South Africa with increasing regularity. This paper initiates an interpretation of these often lowly officials who played a large part in the domination and subjugation of the African population in this country. After introducing the 'location superintendents' or native administrators, the paper considers aspects of their professional networks and their role in coordinating ideas and practices designed to achieve routine control over African residents living in 'locations'. These strategies are explored, first, in terms of the spatial arrangements considered appropriate for achieving control (the provision of housing and welfare) and, second, in terms of the relationship forged between administrators and residents. Finally, the relations between administrators and the central State are discussed before the more general, theoretical implications of the paper are revisited. Bibliogr., note, ref.
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