The new South Africa at twenty : critical perspectives

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Author:

Vale, Peter C. J., editor.

ISBN:

9781869142896

Physical Description:

xi, 271 pages ; 23 cm

Contents:

Introduction: The New South Africa at Twenty: Some Brechtian Whipsers / The ANC Youth League and the Politicisation of Race / South African Marxisms, Past and Present / Living Out Our Differences: Reflections on Mandela, Marx and My Country - - An Interview with Jakes Gerwel / Neo-Liberal Restructuring and the Fate of South Africa's Labour Unions: A Case Study / The Cradle to the Grave: Reflections on Race Thinking / Conjunctural Remarks on the Political Significance of 'the Local' / Part 1: Prolegomenon to Education in crisis / Part 2: Education in Crisis / Uneasy Relations: Women, Gender Equality and Tradition / Art and Culture in Contemporary South Africa: The Present Future

Abstract:

"Some of South Africa's finest academic minds look back at twenty years of democratic rule. How far have we really come? Is race still an entrenched issue in our country? Why does gender discrimination continue? Why are the poor in revolt? Is free expression under threat? What happened to South African Marxism? What drives Julius Malema? How have the unions experienced the post-apartheid years? These (and many other) questions run through pages that, amongst other things, bring back the voices of both Neville Alexander and Jakes Gerwel. Analytical and accessible, this book continues a long tradition of engaging South Africa's politics and society in a non-partisan, but critical, fashion. It opens the way for innate explanations and provides insights that lie beyond the workaday accounts on offer by pundits."--Back cover.

Subject Term:

Post-apartheid era -- South Africa.

Democracy -- South Africa.

Race -- Social aspects -- South Africa.

Social change -- South Africa.

Geographic Term:

South Africa -- Social conditions -- 1994-

South Africa -- Politics and government -- 1994-

South Africa -- Politics and government -- 21st century.

Added Author:

Vale, Peter C. J.,

Prinsloo, Estelle H.,

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In this book, some of South Africa's finest academic minds reflect on 20 years of democratic rule in the country. How far have South Africans really come? Is race still an entrenched issue in the country? Why does gender discrimination continue? Why are the poor in revolt? Is free expression under threat? What happened to South African Marxism? What drives Julius Malema? How have the unions experienced the post-apartheid years? These (and many other) questions are examined. Analytical and accessible, the book continues a long tradition of engaging South Africa's politics and society in a non-partisan, but critical, fashion. It opens the way for innate explanations and provides insights that lie beyond the workaday accounts usually offered by pundits. [Subject: Sociology, African Studies, Politics]