@article{ref1,
title="Collective violence in South Africa :  explaining the explanations : research and theory",
journal="African safety promotion",
year="2010",
author="Lau, Ursula and Seedat, Mohamed Amine and Suffla, Shahnaaz",
volume="8",
number="2",
pages="1-19",
abstract="In contemporary South Africa, collective violence remains  a fundamental feature of the sociopolitical landscape. Sharing common characteristics with other forms of violence, collective violence is driven by specific social factors and is explicitly underpinned by a gendered dimension. In this article, we examine the dominant explanations that have come to define the phenomenon in South Africa, namely collective violence: (i) as a manifestation of social inequality and poverty; (ii) as a manifestation of a &quot;culture of violence&quot;  entrenched by a history of militarism; and (iii) as &quot;symptomatic&quot; of historical trauma cultivated by the legacy of apartheid. We argue for a multidimensional analysis of collective violence that considers not only these macro-level explanations, but also their interplay with micro-level processes. In so doing, we also consider the intermediate elements that connect &quot;individual minds&quot; to collective or social processes. In proposing this view, we grant cognisance to an  interactive and &quot;continuum&quot; notion of collective violence as a form of participatory citizenship.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
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issn="",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}