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Author Muiu, Mueni wa.

Title The pitfalls of liberal democracy and late nationalism in South Africa / Mueni wa Muiu
Edition 1st ed
Published New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008
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Description 1 online resource (xii, 239 pages)
Contents Introduction -- An African Imagined Community, 1867-1948 -- An Afrikaner Imagined Community, 1867-1948 -- Apartheid's Impact on African and Afrikaner Nationalisms -- "Home" as depicted in Selected African and Afrikaner Novels and Short Stories -- Changes in South African Capitalist Economy, 1976-1994 -- Negotiations for a Democratic South Africa, 1991-1994 -- Economic and Social Change in South Africa, 1994-2006 -- Conclusion
Summary 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-236) and index
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Subject Black people -- South Africa -- Politics and government
Afrikaners -- South Africa -- Politics and government
Apartheid -- South Africa -- History
Liberalism -- South Africa -- History
Democracy -- South Africa -- History
Nationalism -- South Africa -- History
Social change -- South Africa -- History
Civil rights & citizenship.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Ideologies -- Nationalism.
Politics and Government.
Afrikaners -- Politics and government
Apartheid
Black people -- Politics and government
Democracy
Economic history
Liberalism
Nationalism
Politics and government
Race relations
Social change
Nationalismus
SUBJECT South Africa -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125486
South Africa -- Race relations. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125494
South Africa -- Economic conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125465
Subject South Africa
Südafrika <Staat>
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780230617278
0230617271
9780230608153
0230608159
128227791X
9781282277915