Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

"Twenty years after the end of apartheid, race still continues to play a role in South African society. Ironically, in a society that is constitutionally committed to non-racialism, race thinking and race classification have been carried forward unthinkingly from our past. Not only does the rationale for such continuation not address the real concerns of our society but the system of classifying carries inevitable seeds of conflict within itself. What is more, the classification of fellow human beings into races remains a crime against humanity, no matter what justification is offered. In this powerfully argued book, Gerhard Maré takes up the challenge to imagine a world beyond the boundaries created by race."--Back cover.

Race --- Race awareness --- Racism --- Post-apartheid era --- Politics and culture --- Political aspects --- South Africa --- Politics and government

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

In this volume, fifteen contributors from the disciplines of law, politics and sociology reflect on South Africa's transition to democracy and the challenges of transformation and nation-building that have confronted the country since the first democratic elections of 1994. The range of topics covered is expansive, in keeping with a broader than usual definition of transitional justice which, it is argued, is more appropriate for states faced with the mammoth tasks of reform and institution-building in a context in which democracy has never been firmly rooted and the existence of widespread poverty gives rise to the dual demands for both bread and freedom. In the case of South Africa, the post-apartheid era has been characterised by wide-ranging attempts at transformation and nation-building, from the well-known Truth and Reconciliation Commission to reforms in education and policing, the promotion of women's rights, the reform of land law, the provision of basic services to hundreds of thousands of poor households, a new framework for freedom of expression, and the transformation of the judiciary. In the light of South Africa's commitment to a new constitutional dispensation and to legal regulation, this volume focuses in particular, but not exclusively, on the role that law and lawyers have played in social and political change in South Africa in the post-apartheid era. It sets the South African experience in historical and comparative perspective and considers whether any lessons may be learnt for the field of transitional justice.

Constitutional history --- Post-apartheid era --- Transitional justice --- Democratization --- Nation-building --- Stabilization and reconstruction (International relations) --- State-building --- Political development --- Justice --- Human rights --- South Africa --- Politics and government

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

Historians often suggest that African elites were eclipsed by an era of mass politics and insurgency during the South African transition, trade unions and popular insurgency in townships seen as having dominated political life, with rural and regional forces perceived as secondary or disruptive. Yet across the continent, Native Reserves were often well-springs of African leadership in the mid-twentieth century, with political leaders such as Mandela usingregionally rooted clan, schooling and professional connections to vault to leadership. They crafted expansive nationalisms from these 'kin' identities, and regional elites were co-opted by settler governments, most notably into the Bantustans in South Africa. This history of Transkei during apartheid offers a new interpretation of the significance of ethnicity within African nationalism, uncovering the ambiguous connections between the nationalist elites, the chieftaincy and the Bantustan bureaucracy, and unraveling the complex relationships with the ANC. The author reassesses the Bantustans and the changing politics of chieftaincy, showing how local dissent within Transkei connected to wider political movements and ideologies. Emphasizing the importance of elite politics, he describes how the ANC-in-exile attempted to re-enter South Africa through the Bantustans drawing on elite kin networks. This failed in KwaZulu, but Transkei provided vital support after a coup in 1987, and the alliances forged were important during the apartheid endgame. Finally, in counterpoint to Africanist debates that focus on how South African insurgencies narrowed nationalist thought and practice, he maintains ANC leaders calmed South Africa's conflicts of the early 1990s by espousing an inclusive nationalism that incorporated local identities, and that 'Mandela's kinsmen' still play a key role in state politics today. Timothy Gibbs is Junior Research Fellow at Trinity College, Cambridge.

Nationalism --- Africans --- Apartheid --- Nationalisme --- Africains --- History --- Histoire --- Mandela, Nelson, --- Homelands (South Africa) --- Transkei (South Africa) --- Bantoustans --- Bantoustans (Afrique du Sud) --- Transkei (Afrique du Sud) --- Politics and government --- Politique et gouvernement --- Apartheid. --- History. --- Ethnology --- Separate development (Race relations) --- Segregation --- Anti-apartheid movements --- Post-apartheid era --- Mandiba, Rolihlahla, --- Madiba, --- Mandela, --- Mandela, Rolihlahla, --- מנדלה, נלסון, --- مانديلا، نيلسون, --- Transkei --- Republic of Transkei (South Africa) --- Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla,

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

In 1994, the first non-racial elections in South Africa brought Nelson Mandela and his African National Congress to office; elections since have confirmed the ANC's hold, both popular and legitimate,on power. Yet, at the same time, South Africa has one of the highest rates of protest and dissent in the world - underscored by the police shooting of 34 striking miners at Marikana in 2012 - regionsof deep poverty and environmental degradation, rising inequality and high unemployment rates. This book looks at this paradox by examining the precise character of the post-apartheid state, and the roots of the hope that something better than the semi-liberation that the ANC has presided over must not be long delayed - both within the ANC itself and within the broader society of South Africa.
The authors present a history of South Africa from earliest times, with today's post-apartheid society interpreted and understood in the context of and through the lens of its earlier history. Following the introduction, which offers an analytical background to the narrative that follows, they track the course of South African history: from its origins to apartheid in the 1970; through the crisisand transition of the 1970s and 1980s to the historic deal-making of 1994 that ended apartheid; to its recent history from Mandela to Marikana, with increasing signs of social unrest and class conflict. Finally, the authors reflect on the present situation in South Africa with reference to the historical patterns that have shaped contemporary realities and the possibility of a 'next liberation struggle'.

John S. Saul is Professor Emeritus at York University (Canada). Patrick Bond is Senior Professor of Development Studies and Director of the Centre for Civil Society at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (Durban).

Southern Africa (South Africa, Namibia, Lesotho, Swaziland & Botswana): Jacana

Post-apartheid era --- Social change --- Change, Social --- Cultural change --- Cultural transformation --- Societal change --- Socio-cultural change --- Social history --- Social evolution --- Mandela, Nelson, --- Mandiba, Rolihlahla, --- Madiba, --- Mandela, --- Mandela, Rolihlahla, --- מנדלה, נלסון, --- مانديلا، نيلسون, --- South Africa --- History. --- Politics and government --- Social conditions --- Since 1994 --- Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla, --- African studies. --- Nelson Mandela. --- South Africa. --- anthropology. --- apartheid. --- historical analysis. --- justice. --- political science. --- postcolonialism. --- racial inequality. --- racism. --- scholarship. --- segregation. --- sociology. --- twentieth century.

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

Benjamin Pogrund, who spent 26 years as a journalist in South Africa investigating apartheid and who has been living in Israel for the past 15 years, investigates the accusation that Israel is practicing apartheid and the motives of those who make it. His study is founded on a belief in Israel, combined with frank criticism, to provide a balanced view of Israel's strengths and problems. To understand Israel today, one must first look at the past and so the book first outlines key foundational events to explain current attitudes. It then explores the contradictions found in the region, includin

National characteristics, Israeli --- Zionism. --- Apartheid. --- Human rights --- Palestinian Arabs --- Arab-Israeli conflict --- Israel-Arab conflicts --- Israel-Palestine conflict --- Israeli-Arab conflict --- Israeli-Palestinian conflict --- Jewish-Arab relations --- Palestine-Israel conflict --- Palestine problem (1948- ) --- Palestinian-Israeli conflict --- Separate development (Race relations) --- Segregation --- Anti-apartheid movements --- Post-apartheid era --- Jews --- Zionist movement --- Jewish nationalism --- Israeli national characteristics --- Political aspects. --- Government policy --- Influence. --- History --- Zionism --- Politics and government --- Restoration --- Israel --- Dawlat Isrāʼīl --- Država Izrael --- Dzi︠a︡rz︠h︡ava Izrailʹ --- Gosudarstvo Izrailʹ --- I-se-lieh --- Israele --- Isrāʼīl --- Isŭrael --- Isuraeru --- Izrael --- Izrailʹ --- Medinat Israel --- Medinat Yiśraʼel --- Stát Izrael --- State of Israel --- Yiselie --- Yiśraʼel --- Ισραήλ --- Израиль --- Государство Израиль --- Дзяржава Ізраіль --- Ізраіль --- מדינת ישראל --- ישראל --- إسرائيل --- دولة إسرائيل --- イスラエル --- 以色列 --- Palestine --- Social conditions --- Ethnic relations.