Agency blind to consequences: The persistence of inequality in the South African mining sector

We explore how inequality persists even in those instances where the oppressed win political power from their oppressors. Focusing on changes to mine workers’ accommodation during the transition to democracy in South Africa, we build on and extend previous research by: 1) extending our knowledge of the institutional work of oppression; 2) identifying how the dismantling of oppressive regimes can create institutional voids; 3) explaining how...