This thesis explores the relationship between the participants of a social
movement and movement intellectuals. A case-study focus on the WestcliffFlats
Residents Association (WFRA) was taken to provide a contextual and "holistic"
understanding thereof. At the centre of the study is an intellectual puzzle concerned with
investigating the dynamics and processes that constitute this relationship. The approach is
one of qualitative inquiry, relying on the perspectives of participants within the
movement to develop a grounded theory with respect to the primary intellectual puzzle
and research questions. In this way, the emergent conclusions are non-categorical and
provide an argued perspective on the interactive processes between movement
intellectuals and the WFRA. A typology ofpossible relationships between movement
intellectuals and social movements is developed and constitutes the primary findings of
the study. / Thesis (M.A.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, 2008.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:ukzn/oai:http://researchspace.ukzn.ac.za:10413/1112 |
| Date | January 2008 |
| Creators | Ramjettan, Trivern Hunsraj. |
| Contributors | Ballard, Richard. |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
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