The Marikana Massacre
Autor: | Terry Bell |
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Rok vydání: | 2015 |
Předmět: |
Engineering
Elite capture media_common.quotation_subject Poison control 010501 environmental sciences 01 natural sciences Economic Justice Mining South Africa 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine State (polity) Forensic engineering Humans Social conflict Occupational Health Platinum 0105 earth and related environmental sciences media_common Transients and Migrants Labor Unions business.industry General Medicine Capitalism 030210 environmental & occupational health Democracy Policy Socioeconomic Factors Social Conditions Political economy Elite business |
Zdroj: | NEW SOLUTIONS: A Journal of Environmental and Occupational Health Policy. 25:440-450 |
ISSN: | 1541-3772 1048-2911 |
Popis: | The massacre of thirty-four striking platinum miners on the 16 August 2012 near the village of Marikana in South Africa revealed the collusion of the state, mining capital, and sections of the labor movement. Analysis of the buildup to the killings highlight the way the mining industry systematically ignored evidence of the potential for social conflict as a result of its labor policies over many years. Further, the way in which the killings unfolded and were covered up are evidence that justice was denied to workers and their families. It should provide a sobering reminder of the power of elite alliances and the elite capture of seemingly democratic institutions within the labor movement, even in a post-apartheid South Africa. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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