The democratic moment : South Africa's prospects under Jacob Zuma
by
 
Mangcu, Xolela, 1966-

Title
: 
The democratic moment : South Africa's prospects under Jacob Zuma

Author
: 
Mangcu, Xolela, 1966-

ISBN
: 
9781770097742

Personal Author
: 
Mangcu, Xolela, 1966-

Publication Information
: 
Auckland Park, South Africa : Jacana Media, 2009.

Physical Description
: 
200 pages ; 21 cm

Contents
: 
Elite fear of democracy: a historical perspective -- 'We will kill for Zuma': militarism as the new politics of authenticity -- Politics as law, law as politics: the different cases of Jacob Zuma and John Hlophe -- The limits of the cultural aesthetic of liberal modernity: how the media were compromised -- Congress of the what? Prospects for opposition politics -- Making government responsive: historical, symbolic and institutional imagination -- Building active citizenship at home and abroad: towards a transatlantic alliance on active citizenship -- Conclusion: the next big battle for leadership.

Abstract
: 
"The democratic moment" is, among other things, a look at the mass forces that swept Jacob Zuma to power in South Africa in 2009 and put an end to the elite politics of the Thabo Mbeki era. Trenchant and provocative, Xolela Mangcu looks at the new configuration of power in South Africa and in the process illuminates such topics as the new black elite, with particular attention to institutions such as the political opposition, the courts and the media. This is a book that will stimulate ideas, provoke discussion, create controversy and help to understand where South Africa stands as a society and a nation.

Personal Subject
: 
Zuma, Jacob.
 
Zuma, Jacob, 1942-

Corporate Subject
: 
African National Congress.

Subject Term
: 
Democracy -- South Africa.
 
Political leadership -- South Africa.
 
Populism -- South Africa.

Geographic Term
: 
South Africa -- Politics and government -- 21st century.


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