عنوان

South Africa :

(Number (ISBN

1780931921

(Number (ISBN

1780932707

(Number (ISBN

9781780931920

(Number (ISBN

9781780932705

Erroneous ISBN

9781780931937

Erroneous ISBN

9781780931951

Number

b421603

Title Proper

South Africa :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

inventing the nation /

First Statement of Responsibility

Alexander Johnston

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

x, 354 pages :

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map ;

Dimensions

24 cm

Series Title

Inventing the nation

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-343) and index

Text of Note

At the heart of South Africa's 'miracle' transition from intractable ethno-racial conflict to democracy was an improvised nation born out of war weariness, hope, idealism and calculated pragmatism on the part of the elites who negotiated the compromise settlement. In the absence of any of the conventional bonds of national consciousness, the improvised nation was fixed on the civic identity and national citizenship envisaged in the new constitution. In the twentieth anniversary year of the country's democracy, South Africa reviews the progress of nation-building in post-apartheid South Africa, assesses how well the improvised nation has been embedded in a shared life for South Africans and offers a prognosis for its future. It draws up a socio-economic profile of the population which is the raw material of nation-building. It measures the contributions of the polity and the constitution, religion and values, as well as sport and the media, to building a sense of national citizenship. The book explains the abrupt discontinuity between the contributions of Nelson Mandela and Thabo Mbeki to nation-building and goes on to note the changing focus from reconciliation between black and white to include a concern for social cohesion in a society beset by violent crime, corruption and citizen deviance and dissidence. South Africa reconsiders the short, intense life cycle of Afrikaner nationalism and portrays the ambiguous relationships between African nationalism, non-racialism, civic nationalism and 'African tradition' in the ideology and practice of the African National Congress. In doing so, it provides a comprehensive analysis of a crucial aspect of South Africa's first twenty years of democracy, as well as exploring intriguing questions for the student of nationalism

Nationalism-- South Africa

Nation-building-- South Africa

South Africa, Politics and government, 1989-1994

South Africa, Politics and government, 1994-

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Johnston, Alexander

Date of Transaction

20160614014742.0

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Electronic name

[Book]

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