Democratic Liberalism In South Africa

Author : Jeffrey Butler
Publisher : Wesleyan
ISBN 13 : 9780819561978
Total Pages : 426 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Democratic Liberalism in South Africa written by Jeffrey Butler and published by Wesleyan. This book was released on 1987 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essays by South African liberals describe the history of their movement, the history of their nation, an analysis of South African politics, and hopes for democratic reform

Author : R. Vigne
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230374735
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Liberals against Apartheid written by R. Vigne and published by Springer. This book was released on 1997-10-15 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Liberal Party of South Africa was founded in 1953 to promote nonracial democratic liberalism in opposition to white supremacist apartheid. Under Alan Paton, it quickly moved into the extra-parliamentary field and won considerable black support, competing with Communism and black nationalism. Growing influence brought heavy government attack, and the 'banning' of nearly 50 of its leaders, black and white. Despite forced dissolution in 1968, the Liberals' ideas have triumphed over those of left and right in the 'new South Africa'.

Author : Doctor Thiven Reddy
Publisher : Zed Books Ltd.
ISBN 13 : 1783602260
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book South Africa, Settler Colonialism and the Failures of Liberal Democracy written by Doctor Thiven Reddy and published by Zed Books Ltd.. This book was released on 2015-12-15 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In South Africa, two unmistakable features describe post-Apartheid politics. The first is the formal framework of liberal democracy, including regular elections, multiple political parties and a range of progressive social rights. The second is the politics of the ‘extraordinary’, which includes a political discourse that relies on threats and the use of violence, the crude re-racialization of numerous conflicts, and protests over various popular grievances. In this highly original work, Thiven Reddy shows how conventional approaches to understanding democratization have failed to capture the complexities of South Africa’s post-Apartheid transition. Rather, as a product of imperial expansion, the South African state, capitalism and citizen identities have been uniquely shaped by a particular mode of domination, namely settler colonialism. South Africa, Settler Colonialism and the Failures of Liberal Democracy is an important work that sheds light on the nature of modernity, democracy and the complex politics of contemporary South Africa.

Author : H. Kotzé
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230116329
Total Pages : 247 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Liberal Democracy and Peace in South Africa written by H. Kotzé and published by Springer. This book was released on 2010-12-14 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: South Africa's transition to democracy was met by the global audience with at first, disbelief, followed later by applause. After fifteen years of democracy big questions remain: has a more democratic regime also lead to a more liberal society? And has democracy made for a more peaceful society?

Author : Roger Southall
Publisher : African Sun Media
ISBN 13 : 1928314937
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Whites and Democracy in South Africa written by Roger Southall and published by African Sun Media. This book was released on 2022-02-24 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is the place and role of whites in South African political life today? Are whites genuinely willing participants in a ‘non-racial democracy’, willing to forego the racial privileges of the past or, despite legal equality, have they proved reluctant to relinquish power and continue, as black activists assert, to dominate many aspects of South African society? Building upon the burgeoning body of work on whiteness, this book focuses on how whites have adapted politically to the arrival of democracy and sweeping political change in South Africa. Outlining a variety of responses in how white South Africans have sought to grapple with apartheid’s brutal history, the author shows how their memories of the past have shaped their reactions to political equality. Although the majority feared the coming of democracy, only a right-wing minority actively resisted its arrival. Others chose (and are still choosing) to emigrate, used democracy to defend ‘minority rights’ or have withdrawn into psychologically or physically demarcated social enclaves. Challenging much current thinking, Southall argues that many whites have chosen to embrace the freedoms that democracy has offered, or to adapt to its often disconcerting realities pragmatically. Examining this crucial issue against the historical context of minority rule and its defeat, the author presents a new dynamic to the continuing debate on whiteness in Africa and globally.

Author : Jason Hickel
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520284224
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Democracy as Death written by Jason Hickel and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2015-02-25 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The revolution that brought the African National Congress (ANC) to power in South Africa was fractured by internal conflict.Ê Migrant workers from rural Zululand rejected many of the egalitarian values and policies fundamental to the ANCÕs liberal democratic platform and organized themselves in an attempt to sabotage the movement. This anti-democracy stance, which persists today as a direct critique of ÒfreedomÓ in neoliberal South Africa, hinges on an idealized vision of the rural home and a hierarchical social order crafted in part by the technologies of colonial governance over the past century.Ê In analyzing this conflict, Jason Hickel contributes to broad theoretical debates about liberalism and democratization in the postcolonial world. Democracy as Death interrogates the Western ideals of individual freedom and agency from the perspective of those who oppose such ideals, and questions the assumptions underpinning theories of anti-liberal movements. The book argues that both democracy and the political science that attempts to explain resistance to it presuppose a model of personhood native to Western capitalism, which may not operate cross-culturally.

Author : Colin Eglin
Publisher : Jonathan Ball Publishers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Opposing Voices written by Colin Eglin and published by Jonathan Ball Publishers. This book was released on 2006 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Without effective opposition there is no true democracy and without contribution of the prominent proponents of liberalism who have added their voices to this title, the situation in South Africa would probably be very different today. Helen Suzman takes pride of place among those liberals who devoted their lives to the fight for human rights and the rule of law in South Africa. From the start of a political career that spanned almost four decades, she challenged the iniquity of apartheid and used the privilege of Parliament to expose the inhumanity of a system that came to be defined as a crime against humanity. As a tribute to her extraordinary political life, the Isaac and Jessie Kaplan Centre for Jewish studies and research at the University of Cape Town, in association with the South African Jewish Museum, mounted an exhibition in her honour. After Colin Eglin opened the exhibition, David Welsh paid formal tribute to the guest of honour who used the occasion to reflect on her career. Both speeches are included in this volume together with a series of lectures which accompanied the exhibition.

Author : Jason Hickel
Publisher : University of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520284232
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Democracy as Death written by Jason Hickel and published by University of California Press. This book was released on 2015-02-25 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The revolution that brought the African National Congress (ANC) to power in South Africa was fractured by internal conflict. Migrant workers from rural Zululand rejected many of the egalitarian values and policies fundamental to the ANC’s liberal democratic platform and organized themselves in an attempt to sabotage the movement. This anti-democracy stance, which persists today as a direct critique of “freedom” in neoliberal South Africa, hinges on an idealized vision of the rural home and a hierarchical social order crafted in part by the technologies of colonial governance over the past century. In analyzing this conflict, Jason Hickel contributes to broad theoretical debates about liberalism and democratization in the postcolonial world. Democracy as Death interrogates the Western ideals of individual freedom and agency from the perspective of those who oppose such ideals, and questions the assumptions underpinning theories of anti-liberal movements. The book argues that both democracy and the political science that attempts to explain resistance to it presuppose a model of personhood native to Western capitalism, which may not operate cross-culturally.

Author : M. Muiu
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230617271
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Pitfalls of Liberal Democracy and Late Nationalism in South Africa written by M. Muiu and published by Springer. This book was released on 2008-12-08 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book compares African and Afrikaner nationalisms to demonstrate that the transition from apartheid to liberal democracy in South Africa was a neo-colonial settlement that left the economy and the military and security sectors under the control of the white minority, while increasing wide socioeconomic disparities between rich and poor.

Author : Doctor Thiven Reddy
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1783602252
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book South Africa, Settler Colonialism and the Failures of Liberal Democracy written by Doctor Thiven Reddy and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2015-12-15 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In South Africa, two unmistakable features describe post-Apartheid politics. The first is the formal framework of liberal democracy, including regular elections, multiple political parties and a range of progressive social rights. The second is the politics of the 'extraordinary', which includes a political discourse that relies on threats and the use of violence, the crude re-racialization of numerous conflicts, and protests over various popular grievances. In this highly original work, Thiven Reddy shows how conventional approaches to understanding democratization have failed to capture the complexities of South Africa's post-Apartheid transition. Rather, as a product of imperial expansion, the South African state, capitalism and citizen identities have been uniquely shaped by a particular mode of domination, namely settler colonialism. South Africa, Settler Colonialism and the Failures of Liberal Democracy is an important work that sheds light on the nature of modernity, democracy and the complex politics of contemporary South Africa.