Cambridge studies in political psychology and public opinion
Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-252) and index.
Political tolerance in new South Africa -- The South African context -- South African Intolerance As It Is -- The nature of political intolerance in South Africa -- Social identities, threat perceptions, and political tolerance -- Making tolerance judgments: the effect of context, local and national -- South African Intolerance As It Might Be -- The pliability of tolerance and intolerance -- The law and legal institutions as agents of persuasion -- Becoming tolerant? Short-term changes in South African political culture -- Conclusions: experimenting with tolerance in New South Africa.
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"Analyzing South Africa's political culture during the initial years of the country's experiment with democracy, Overcoming Intolerance in South Africa provides the first comprehensive study of intolerance ever conducted outside the developed world (and the first outside the United States in nearly twenty years). In a field so heavily dominated by research on stable democracies, this book is a refreshing reminder that political tolerance is crucial to successful democratic politics in every corner of the globe. The research of Gibson and Gouws creates a new agenda for the study of political tolerance by going far beyond simply reconsidering the questions normally investigated by scholars in the West. Instead, the overwhelming focus of this research is on change: how the tolerance and intolerance of South Africans respond to both short-term and long-term political, economic, and social forces. Thus, the emphasis of this book is not merely on what is in South Africa, but what might be as well."--Jacket.
Democracy-- South Africa.
Political culture-- South Africa.
Toleration-- South Africa.
Culture politique-- Afrique du Sud.
Democracy-- South Africa.
Democracy.
Démocratie-- Afrique du Sud.
Demokratie
Political culture-- South Africa.
Political culture.
Politik
Politische Kultur
Tolérance-- Afrique du Sud.
Toleranz
Toleration-- South Africa.
Toleration.
Afrique du Sud, Politique et gouvernement, 1994- ...