The Pitfalls of Liberal Democracy and Late Nationalism in South Africa

✍ Scribed by Mueni wa Muiu

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Year: 2008
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 254
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

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/security sector under the control of the white minority, while increasing wide socioeconomic disparities between rich and poor.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 8
Acknowledgments......Page 10
Abbreviations......Page 12
Key Terms......Page 14
Introduction......Page 16
1 The African Imagined Community, 1867–1948......Page 36
2 An Afrikaner Imagined Community, 1867–1948......Page 62
3 The Impact of Apartheid on African and Afrikaner Nationalisms, 1948–1994......Page 78
4 “Home” as Depicted in Selected African and Afrikaner Novels and Short Stories......Page 104
5 Changes in South Africa’s Economy, 1976–1994......Page 122
6 The Negotiations for a Democratic South Africa, 1990–1994......Page 146
7 A Work in Progress: Social and Economic Policy Changes by the ANC, 1994–2006......Page 166
Conclusion: South Africa: Toward Democracy and Development......Page 194
Notes......Page 204
Bibliography......Page 234
G......Page 252
S......Page 253
Z......Page 254