Limits To Liberation In South Africa

Author : Henning Melber
Publisher : HSRC Publishers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Limits to Liberation in Southern Africa written by Henning Melber and published by HSRC Publishers. This book was released on 2003 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The analyses in this collection provide a basis for a debate that is becoming increasingly necessary: has the politics of liberation in southern Africa run its course. With chapters on Zimbabwe, Namibia, Lesotho, Botswana and South Africa, the contributors pose a number of critical questions: Why is it that 'post-liberation' politics, rather than leading to participatory democracy, seem to be leading to political oppression and decay? -- Are liberation politics inherently undemocratic, or are current tendencies towards authoritarianism an outcome of other forces? -- Is the model of liberal democracy adopted by post-liberation societies inherently elitist, lending itself to the effective suppression or containment of popular opinions and aspirations?

Author : Roger Southall
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781847011343
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Liberation Movements in Power written by Roger Southall and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Analyses the ZANU-PF in Zimbabwe, SWAPO in Namibia and the ANC in South Africa and to what extent their promises of democracy have been effected in government.

Author : Steven L. Robins
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780852558782
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Limits to Liberation in South Africa written by Steven L. Robins and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Steven L. Robins
Publisher : James Currey (GB)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Limits to Liberation After Apartheid written by Steven L. Robins and published by James Currey (GB). This book was released on 2005 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher description

Author : Henning Melber
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190257628
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Understanding Namibia written by Henning Melber and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2015-01-04 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since independence in 1990, Namibia has witnessed only one generation with no memory of colonialism - the 'born frees', who voted in the 2009 elections. The anti-colonial liberation movement, SWAPO, dominates the political scene, effectively making Namibia a de facto one-party state dominated by the first 'struggle generation'. While those in power declare their support for a free, fair, and just society, the limits to liberation are such that emancipation from foreign rule has only been partially achieved. Despite its natural resources Namibia is among the world's most unequal societies and indicators of wellbeing have not markedly improved for many among the former colonized majority, despite a constitution enshrining human rights, social equality, and individual liberty. This book analyses the transformation of Namibian society since Independence. Melber explores the achievements and failures and contrasts the narrative of a post-colonial patriotic history with the socio-economic and political realities of the nation-building project. He also investigates whether, notwithstanding the relative stability prevailing to date, the negotiation of controlled change during Namibia's decolonization could have achieved more than simply a change of those in control.

Author : Kenneth W. Grundy
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520022713
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Confrontation and Accommodation in Southern Africa written by Kenneth W. Grundy and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1973-01-01 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Monograph on international relations at the regional level in Southern Africa, with particular reference to the issue of race relations and its political aspects - covers ideologycal positions, economic indicators, economic structures and transport relationships, diplomacy, nationalism, guerilla armed conflicts, the foreign policy position of South Africa R, etc. Bibliography pp. 325 to 344, references and statistical tables.

Author : Iina Soiri
Publisher : Nordic Africa Institute
ISBN 13 : 9789171064318
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Finland and National Liberation in Southern Africa written by Iina Soiri and published by Nordic Africa Institute. This book was released on 1999 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Finland's special characteristics as a Nordic, non-aligned welfare state gave it the resources and motivation to support liberation movements - in spite of restrictions arising from trade interests and a reluctance to jeopardise the country's neutral image. The study shows that, although it is not an easy task, in a democracy ordinary, dedicated people can, over time, influence political decision making at its most closed and guarded area, foreign politics.

Author : Steven L. Robins
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
ISBN 13 : 1847012019
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book From Revolution to Rights in South Africa written by Steven L. Robins and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 2010-11-18 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author argues for the continued importance of NGOs, social movements and other 'civil society' actors in creating new forms of citizenship and democracy in South Africa. Critics of liberalism in Europe and North America argue that a stress on 'rights talk' and identity politics has led to fragmentation, individualisation and depoliticisation. But are these developments really signs of 'the end ofpolitics'? In the post-colonial, post-apartheid, neo-liberal new South Africa poor and marginalised citizens continue to struggle for land, housing and health care. They must respond to uncertainty and radical contingencies on a daily basis. This requires multiple strategies, an engaged, practised citizenship, one that links the daily struggle to well organised mobilisation around claiming rights. Robins argues for the continued importance of NGOs, socialmovements and other 'civil society' actors in creating new forms of citizenship and democracy. He goes beyond the sanitised prescriptions of 'good governance' so often touted by development agencies. Instead he argues for a complex, hybrid and ambiguous relationship between civil society and the state, where new negotiations around citizenship emerge. Steven L. Robins is Professor of Social Anthropology in the University of Stellenbosch and editorof Limits to Liberation after Apartheid (James Currey). Southern Africa (South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Lesotho, Swaziland): University of KwaZulu-Natal Press (PB)

Author : Hein Marais
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9781856499675
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book South Africa: Limits To Change written by Hein Marais and published by Palgrave Macmillan. This book was released on 2001-09-08 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on the rich structural and political understandings of radical South African intellectuals, this book explains why the South African government has been unable to breach the boundaries of change erected by the privileged classes. It reveals why it has adopted conservative economic policies, and why the country's popular movement has failed to press home more radical opinions. Hein Marais compellingly probes the hidden dynamics of South Africa's transition, arguing that the democratic breakthrough was much less open-ended than generally believed.

Author : Morten Bøås
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1848139985
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Politics of Origin in Africa written by Morten Bøås and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2013-02-14 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this revealing new book, Bøås and Dunn explore the phenomenon of 'autochthony' - literally 'son of the soil' - in African politics. In contemporary Africa, questions concerning origin are currently among the most crucial and contested issues in political life, directly relating to the politics of place, belonging, identity and contested citizenship. Thus, land claims and autochthony disputes are the hallmark of political crises in many places on the African continent. Examining the often complex reasons behind this recent rise of autochthony across a number of high-profile case studies - including the Democratic Republic of Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Liberia, and Kenya - this is an essential book for anyone wishing to understand the impact of this crucial issue on contemporary African politics and conflicts.