2004•Foreign AffairsRequires access

Robben Island and Prisoner Resistance to Apartheid

Gail M. Gerhart, Fran Buntman

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1. Introduction: prison as a source of politics 2. Politics and prison: a background 3: Resistance for survival 4. Resistance beyond survival 5. Prisoner politics and organization on Robben Island 6. Debates and disagreements 7. Influencing South African politics 8. Political imprisonment and the state 9. Theorizing islander resistance 10. Beyond Robben Island: comparisons and conclusion.

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Key concepts: Resistance (ecology), Political science, Criminology, Development economics, Law, Economics, Sociology, Ecology