The Political Economy of Self-Help: Kenya's “Harambee” Institutes of Technology |
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| Authors: | E M Godfrey G C M Mutiso |
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| Institution: | Respectively, Research Fellow in the Institute for Development Studies and Senior Lecturer in the Department of Government, University of Nairobi. Earlier versions of this paper were presented to the East African Universities Social Science Council Conference in December, 1972 and to the I.D.S., Nairobi, Seminar in June, 1973. |
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| Abstract: | This article explores the neo-Gramscian concept of hegemony by investigating what the author refers to as multiple layers of hegemony existing and interacting with one another. Moreover, an empirical analysis of the South African Communist Party's (SACP's) role in the post-apartheid political landscape will be conducted in order to elucidate the key theoretical points under consideration. The article suggests that there are at least three relatively distinct layers, or forms, of hegemony that influence the post-apartheid political struggles of the SACP: global, national, and organizational. Engaging with the notion of hegemony in this manner, the author seeks to more clearly understand and explain the case study at hand, and also begins a conversation regarding the theoretical implications of engaging with the concept of hegemony in this manner. |
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| Keywords: | South Africa hegemony international political economy |
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