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A nonprofit news agency promoting social justice. Seeking answers to the question:
How do we make democracy work for the poor?
A nonprofit news agency promoting social justice. Seeking answers to the question:
How do we make democracy work for the poor?
Tara is the Coordinator of the Citizenship and Boundaries Initiative of the Forced Migration Studies Programme, University of the Witwatersrand. With an inter-disciplinary background in Social and Political Sciences (BA Hons from Cambridge University) and Development Studies (MSc from the London School of Economics and Political Science) she has extensive experience relating to issues of conflict and peace.
Tara Polzer -
There is a dangerous refrain in explanations for the xenophobic violence that has erupted around South Africa: that the violence was triggered by resource competition between citizens and non-citizens. Many government and civil society commentators have said, in no uncertain terms, that there is no justification for expressing competition for scarce resources through violence, but often the claim that there is indeed competition for resources, remains unquestioned. But are foreigners really...
