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De Kadt, J., Makusha, T. & Richter, L. (2011) The moral tensions of HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa. In: Swartz, S. & Taylor, M. (eds). Moral education in sub-Saharan Africa: culture, economics, conflict and AIDS. Oxon: Routledge. 127-136.
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De Kadt, J., Makusha, T. & Richter, L. (2010) Review article: the moral tensions of HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa. Journal of Moral Education. 39(3):393-401.
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This article reviews four recent (post-2003) books written by authors living and working in Africa which explore the connection between morality and the HIV epidemic. The books are written from differing perspectives, make use of diverse methodological approaches and present varying conclusions and recommendations. While each work provides considerable scope for discussion in and of itself, thi...
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Habib, A.M. Beware morality police: the slogan that the personal is political is too simplistic. This Day. 11. (28 January 2004)
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Should Siraj Desai resign? This has been the subject of media interest and many conversations over the past few days. They suggested that the rape allegation and the sexual indiscretion have reduced his credibility and undermined his capacity to adjudicate on controversial moral issues. They called on his peers to urge him to quit the bench. Is this fair? Clearly these questions need to be...
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Makiwane, M. (2010) The child support grant and teenage childbearing in South Africa. Development Southern Africa. 27(2):193-204.
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This paper examines data on teenage fertility and patterns of uptake of the Child Support Grant in South Africa from 1998 to 2005, to assess how far this Grant is associated with the trend in teenage childbearing. Teenage fertility was fairly high during the 1980s when state financial assistance to teenage mothers did not adequately serve the majority of South Africans. Since the first half of ...
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Rule, S. & Mncwango, B. (2006) Rights or wrongs?: an exploration of moral values. In: Pillay, U., Roberts, B. & Rule, S. (eds). South African social attitudes: changing times, diverse voices. Cape Town: HSRC Press. 252-278.
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Rule, S. (2004) Rights or wrongs?: public attitudes towards moral values. HSRC Review. 2(3):4-5.
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Swartz, S. (2011) 'Going deep' and 'giving back': strategies for exceeding ethical expectations when researching amongst vulnerable youth. Qualitative Research. 11(1):47-68.
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This article interrogates how research amongst vulnerable populations, especially youth, may be designed and implemented to exceed the usual standards of research ethics. It describes the dual aims of ethical research within an emancipatory framework as 'going deep' through utilizing 'an ethics of parallax perspectives'; and 'giving back' by employing an 'intentional ethics of reciprocation'. I...
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Swartz, S. (2011) 'Moral ecology' and 'moral capital': tools towards a sociology of moral education from a South African ethnography. In: Swartz, S. & Taylor, M. (eds). Moral education in sub-Saharan Africa: culture, economics, conflict and AIDS. Oxon: Routledge. 39-62.
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Swartz, S. (2011) Being turned inside out: researching youth, morality and restitution from the global South. Journal of Moral Education. 40(3):407-415.
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This article maps my journey as a scholar engaged in the research of youth morality (located in the Global South); as a beneficiary of injustice having grown up as a white South African; as a navigator of complex personal histories (discovering my mixed race family origins); and arriving at restitution as a career research focus. It reflects on the experience of being turned inside out through ...
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Swartz, S. (2011) Being turned inside out: researching youth, morality and restitution from the global South. (Paper presented at the 37th Annual Conference of the Association for Moral Education, Nanjing, China, October).
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Swartz, S. (2011) Introduction: the pain and the promise of moral education in sub-Saharan Africa. In: Swartz, S. & Taylor, M. (eds). Moral education in sub-Saharan Africa: culture, economics, conflict and AIDS. Oxon: Routledge. 1-6.
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Swartz, S. (2011) Moral education in sub-Saharan Africa. (Paper presented at the HSRC Seminar and Book Launch, Cape Town, South Africa, 24 May).
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Swartz, S. & Taylor, M. (eds). (2011) Moral education in sub-Saharan Africa: culture, economics, conflict and AIDS. Oxon: Routledge.
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The term `moral? has had a chequered history in sub-Saharan Africa, mainly due to the legacy of colonialism and Apartheid (in South Africa). In contrast to moral education as a vehicle of cultural imperialism and social control, this volume shows moral education to be concerned with both private and public morality, with communal and national relationships between human beings, as well as betwe...
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Swartz, S. (2011) Restitution as moral framework: exploratory views from South Africa regarding its meaning and necessity. (Paper presented at the AME, Nanjing, China. 26 October).
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Swartz, S. (2010) 'Moral ecology' and 'moral capital': tools towards a sociology of moral education from a South African ethnography. Journal of Moral Education. 39(3):305-327.
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Research and pedagogy in the field of morality and moral education has long been dominated by philosophical and psychological disciplines. Although sociological studies and theorising in the field have not been absent, it has been limited and non-systematic. Drawing on a study that investigated the lived morality of a group of young South Africans growing up in the aftermath of Apartheid and in...
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Swartz, S. (2010) 5 Voices in the dialogue: on morality and values. HSRC Review. 8(3):20-21.
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SHARLENE Swartz's book Ikasi: The moral ecology of South Africa's township youth (Wits University Press, 2010) describes a youth voice on morality. Here she speaks about its contribution to South Africa's national dialogue.
Before we embark on a national dialogue on morality and values, there are important questions to ask, namely: who currently speaks about morality?; what are each gro...
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Swartz, S. (2010) Editorial: the pain and the promise of moral education in sub-Saharan Africa. Journal of Moral Education. 39(3):267-272.
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The key question that this Special Issue seeks to address is: what contribution can scholars from Africa concerned with moral education make to the multiple issues of culture, conflict, economics and HIV/AIDS that, while not peculiar to sub-SaharanAfrica, are certainly acute in this region of the world? Furthermore, are there ways in which this work, frequently undertaken in difficult circumsta...
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Swartz, S., Chikovore, J. & Richter, L. (2010) Men & morality: a new HSRC-led research collaborative. HSRC Review. 8(1):9.
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What does it take to be a 'good man'? Men throughout the world are frequently subjected to negative representation. In the South African context this is no different, say SHARLENE SWARTZ, JEREMIAH CHIKOVORE and LINDA RICHTER, who are embarking on a study focusing on men's morality and considering how 'being good' is in fact an asset (or 'capital').
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Swartz, S. (2010) Researching youth moralities. (Invited paper delivered at the University of Cambridge, 26 April).
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Swartz, S. (2009) Ikasi: the moral ecology of South Africa's township youth. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
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Here is an engaging account of the moral lives of young black South Africans once the struggle against apartheid ended and took away their object of political resistance. It shows how partial-parenting, partial-schooling, and pervasive poverty contributes to how a group of young people construct right and wrong and what rules govern their behavior.
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Swartz, S. (2008) Being good in a bad world: what's 'moral' for township youth?. HSRC Review. 6(2):7-8.
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How does growing up in a township affect your moral formation? Does it impact negatively or positively? Are township youth more or less moral than their middle-class counterparts? These were the key questions that led Sharlene Swartz to conduct her doctoral research on the moral lives of South Africa's township youth.
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Van Rooyen, H., Durrheim, K. & Lindegger, G. (2011) Advice-giving difficulties in voluntary counselling and testing: a distinctly moral activity. AIDS Care. 23(3):281-286.
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Advice-giving in voluntary counselling and testing (VCT) is demanding as it involves the discussion of difficult topics such as the morality of sexual risk and behaviour. We conducted a detailed exploration of how the giving and receiving of advice is managed in VCT, and how this is achieved against the backdrop of the competing public health and counselling imperatives that shape VCT practice....
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Walker, C. (2005) Book review: Nattrass, N. (2003) The moral economy of AIDS in South Africa. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 244 p. ISBN 0521548640. Journal of southern African studies. 31(1):234-235.
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