Fault Lines In South African Democracy

Author : Fred Hendricks
Publisher : Nordic Africa Institute
ISBN 13 : 9789171065087
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fault-lines in South African Democracy written by Fred Hendricks and published by Nordic Africa Institute. This book was released on 2003 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The transition from apartheid to democracy in South Africa has raised questions, on the one hand, about the tension between the imperatives of justice and equality and, on the other, reconciliation. Transforming the decades' old apartheid system under conditions of a political compromise has turned out to be a formidable challenge. This paper is about the complexity of the transformation process going on in South Africa. Although too early for a real assessment of the experi-ment, the tensions, dilemmas, contradictions, paradoxes and some of the changes have already begun to mani-fest themselves.The paper shows how political deals affect the administration of justice, and how they impinge upon the nature of democracy, often by frustrating efforts to realise social goals in the post-authoritarian phase. It also raises the fundamental question of the broader necessities for the long-term survival of democracy in South Africa.

Author : David Goodman
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520232037
Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fault Lines written by David Goodman and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This is a searingly honest book by someone who really knows his subject. Goodman is sympathetic to the attempts at transformation in my beloved motherland. The message of this book applies just as easily to the United States, where the fault lines run very deep, too. And the U.S. has been trying to solve these problems a great deal longer than the new South Africa."—Archbishop Desmond Tutu "David Goodman's vivid, intensely personal, and unobtrusively erudite book is irresistible reading for anyone who cares about South Africa."—Adam Hochshild, author of King Leopold's Ghost "A gem of a book. An excellent introduction to the intricacies of South African politics and society."—Gail M. Gerhart, Foreign Affairs "A sequence of truths shown through the lives of eight contrasted citizens, this book reveals our new South Africa with the startling accuracy of flashes of lightning on a stormy night—and with the apartheid storm over, a remarkable rainbow of hope can be seen."—Donald Woods, author of Biko

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 : 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 : 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 : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135277346
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Opposition and Democracy in South Africa written by Roger Southall and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-01-14 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection examines the nature, scope and prospects for political opposition under African National Congress political dominance.

Author : David Everatt
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351556215
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Non-racialism in South Africa written by David Everatt and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-05 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Nelson Mandela was elected President of South Africa in 1994, the world looked on at the miracle of racial reconciliation that unfolded in South Africa. However, the dream of a Rainbow Nation (in Archbishop Desmond Tutus phrase) seems to be fading, and racial identities seem to be more entrenched than ever. What prospects then for the non-racial democracy envisioned by Mandela and the South African Constitution?This book examines the status and future prospects of non-racialism. It discusses the nature of non-racialism and applies the concept to wider national issues and to questions of identity. The book looks out into South Africa's future and assesses generational changes to the country's handling of non-racialism. This latter point is the main theme in the opening preface by Ahmed Kathrada, jailed with Nelson Mandela, who reminds the reader that there is no easy answer: non-racialism is built every day, every minute, by people who seek to transform social relations and allow the Rainbow Nation to flourish.This book was published as a special issue of Politikon.

Author : Kerry Bystrom
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137556927
Total Pages : 205 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Democracy at Home in South Africa written by Kerry Bystrom and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-01-26 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing on aesthetic figuration diverse home spaces, modes of domestic life, and family histories, this book argues that depicting democracy as it unfolds literally at home presents a compelling portrait of the intimate and everyday aspects of change that can be overlooked by a focus on structural concerns in South Africa.

Author : Daniel Silander
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1802629297
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book South Africa’s Democracy at the Crossroads written by Daniel Silander and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2022-04-18 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: South Africa's democracy faces increasing challenges from within, whether from protest, bad governance or general public dissatisfaction. South Africa ́s Democracy at the Crossroads explores the question; what are the challenges to future democratization in South Africa?

Author : Kenneth Good
Publisher : Nordic Africa Institute
ISBN 13 : 9789171065209
Total Pages : 44 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bushmen and Diamonds written by Kenneth Good and published by Nordic Africa Institute. This book was released on 2003 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Botswana's democracy is often considered to be a comparatively advanced and positive example of an African state in terms of political culture and the notion of 'good governance'. This paper challenges the assumption that the country's current political and socio-economic system is, in fact, exemplary. It highlights some of the limitations by focusing on the particular situation of the Bushmen/San as a marginalized minority denied citizens' rights and losing out against the material interests accompanying the exploration and exploitation of diamonds, the most lucrative natural resource contributing to Botswana's 'success story'.The author has on previous occasions presented and published related analyses within the research network on 'Liberation and Democracy in Southern Africa' (LiDeSA), which is currently coordinated through the Nordic Africa Institute. This publication is another result of the collaboration within this project.