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Reconceptualising the outsider and its implications for building social capital in South Africa
Thesis (PhD)--Stellenbosch University, 2025.
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| spelling | oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/134589 Reconceptualising the outsider and its implications for building social capital in South Africa De Kock, Carinus Horn, Anele Visser, Gustav Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Dept. of Geography and Environmental Studies. Social capital (Sociology) -- South Africa Social integration -- South Africa Marginality, Social -- South Africa Social networks -- South Africa Community development -- South Africa UCTD Thesis (PhD)--Stellenbosch University, 2025. De Kock, C. 2025. Reconceptualising the outsider and its implications for building social capital in South Africa. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. Stellenbosch: Stellenbosch University [online]. Available: https://scholar.sun.ac.za/items/4c52fde2-428a-4e12-937d-31f18e5dc99f ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Within a geographical and sociological context, prominent theorists on social capital, time, space, place and outsideness have overemphasised migration and length of residence as the most important influencing factors. They have several shortcomings in their conceptualisations of outsideness. The social geographic context of this inquiry is the coastal Greater Hermanus Area of the Overstrand Local Municipality in the Western Cape province of South Africa. This investigation addresses these limitations by expanding Relph’s Outsider and the societal stratifications he considered. Specific stratifications are closely related to the legacies of apartheid in South Africa, while others are non-related. The investigation makes further conceptual additions to outsideness and Relph’s Outsider. These include the interrelatedness of Outsider stratifications, root causes thereof, the dialectic relationship between outsideness and social capital, how people are differentially positioned in time, space and place, the ‘instability’, spatial context-specific and the dynamic nature of The Outsider. Immigrants who do not necessarily intend to or prioritise social engagement is another significant finding, as it challenges the prevailing discourse on migration and length of residence. This investigation further adds the ‘phases’ of Outsiders over time. The research proves that language is marginally relevant but that the ‘correct’ and ‘polite’ use of language is significant in creating outsideness and socioeconomic opportunities. Lastly, the thesis illustrates how outsideness and lower social capital reinforce power dynamics. An improved understanding of who the Outsiders in communities are becomes critical for various stakeholder organisations, including local government departments, NGOs (non-government organisations), CBOs (community-based organisations), and religious organisations, to be more effective and efficient with their developmental and investment efforts. As social capital also functions at a collective level, a better understanding of outsideness would have a broader societal benefit. AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Sleutelteoretici oor sosiale kapitaal, tyd, ruimte, plek en buitestaanders het in 'n geografies sosiologiese konteks migrasie en lengte van verblyf as die belangrikste beïnvloedende faktore oorbeklemtoon. Hulle het dus verskeie tekortkominge in hul konseptualisering van buitestaanders. Die Groter Hermanus Area van die Overstrand Plaaslike Munisipaliteit in die Wes-Kaap provinsie van Suid-Afrika is die sosiaal geografiese konteks van die ondersoek. Die ondersoek spreek hierdie tekortkomige aan deur Relph se buitestaander en die stratifikasies wat hy oorweeg het uit te brei. Sekere stratifikasies is nou verwant aan die nalatenskap van apartheid in Suid-Afrika, terwyl ander nie verwant is nie. Die ondersoek maak verdere konseptuele toevoegings tot buitestaanders en Relph se konseptualiserings. Hierdie sluit in die onderlinge verband tussen buitestaander-stratifikasies, oorsake daarvan, die dialektiese verhouding tussen buitestaanders en sosiale kapitaal, hoe mense differensieël geposisioneer is in tyd, ruimte en plek, die 'onstabiliteit', ruimtelike konteks-spesifiek en die dinamiese aard van 'n buitestaander. Immigrante wat nie noodwending bedoel of prioritiseer om sosiaal betrokke te raak nie is nog 'n belangrike bevinding, aangesien dit die heersende diskoers oor migrasie en lengte van verblyf uitdaag. Hierdie ondersoek voeg verder die verwysing na 'fases' van buitestaanders by. Die navorsing het bewys dat taal marginaal relevant is, terwyl dat die 'korrekte' en 'beleefde' taalgebruik hoogs relevant was. Laastens illustreer die tesis hoe buitestaanders en laer sosiale kapitaal magsdinamika beïnvloed. 'n Verbeterde begrip van wie die buitestanders in gemeenskappe is, word van kritieke belang vir verskeie belanghebbende organisasies, insluitend plaaslike regeringsdepartemente, NRO's (nie-regeringsorganisasies), GBO's (gemeenskapsgebaseerde organisasies), godsdienstige organisasies, om meer effektief en doeltreffend met hul ontwikkelings- en beleggingspogings te wees. Aangesien sosiale kapitaal ook op 'n kollektiewe vlak funksioneer, sal 'n beter begrip van buitestaanders 'n breër maatskaplike voordeel inhou. Doctoral 2025-12-15T12:41:04Z 2025-12-15T12:41:04Z 2025-12 Thesis https://scholar.sun.ac.za/handle/10019.1/134589 en_ZA Stellenbosch University 289 pages : illustrations application/pdf Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University |
| spellingShingle | Social capital (Sociology) -- South Africa Social integration -- South Africa Marginality, Social -- South Africa Social networks -- South Africa Community development -- South Africa UCTD De Kock, Carinus Reconceptualising the outsider and its implications for building social capital in South Africa |
| title | Reconceptualising the outsider and its implications for building social capital in South Africa |
| title_full | Reconceptualising the outsider and its implications for building social capital in South Africa |
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| title_sort | reconceptualising the outsider and its implications for building social capital in south africa |
| topic | Social capital (Sociology) -- South Africa Social integration -- South Africa Marginality, Social -- South Africa Social networks -- South Africa Community development -- South Africa UCTD |
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