Privileged precariat white workers and South Africa's long transition to majority rule - Zyl-Hermann, Danelle van ca. 20./21. Jh (Cambridge University Press, 2021)
Introduction: The return of the white working class -- White workers and the racial state -- Privileged race, precarious class: White labour from the mineral revolution to the 'Golden Age' -- From sweetheart to 'Frankenstein': The NP's changing stance towards white labour amid the crisis of the 1970s -- Rights and race at the rock-face of change: White organised labour and the Wiehahn reforms -- White workers and civil society mobilisation -- From trade union to social movement: The MWU/Solidarity's formation of a post-apartheid social alliance -- An 'alternative government': The Solidarity Movement's contemporary strategies -- Discursive labour and strategic contradiction: Managing the working-class roots of a declassed organisation -- 'Guys like us are left to our own mercy': Counternarratives, ambivalence and the pressures of racial gatekeeping among Solidarity's blue-collar members -- Conclusion