The New Brighton Advisory Board, c. 1923-1952: its legitimacy and legacy.

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dc.contributor.authorBaines, Gary F., 1955-
dc.date.accessioned1990-02-06T07:02:27Z
dc.date.available1990-02-06T07:02:27Z
dc.date.issued1990-02-06T07:02:27Z
dc.descriptionPaper presented at the Wits History Workshop: Structure and Experience in the Making of Apartheid, 6-10 February, 1990en_US
dc.description.abstractThe historical significance of advisory boards has been downplayed because of their contradictory role in urban African politics. Until the 1940s, the system of Advisory Boards was dominated by the 'most reactionary elements' of the African petty bourgeoisie. This paper contends that, despite the purely consultative functions of the Boards, participation in Advisory Board politics was an important channel of mobilisation in urban African communities until at least the Second World War. Thereafter their legitimacy of was questioned. This paper also studies the New Brighton Advisory Board with particular reference to the question of the Board's legitimacy and its relationship with the local authority in the period between 1923 and 1952. It also evaluates the Board as a locus of activity concerned with wider socio-political issues.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10539/7609
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesWits History Workshop paper;10
dc.subjectNew Brighton (Port Elizabeth)en_US
dc.subjectAdvisory Boardsen_US
dc.subjectLocal governmenten_US
dc.subjectSouth Africaen_US
dc.titleThe New Brighton Advisory Board, c. 1923-1952: its legitimacy and legacy.en_US
dc.typeWorking Paperen_US
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