Frequently praised for its democratic transition, South Africa has experienced an almost uninterrupted cycle of social protest since the late 1990s. There have been increasing numbers of demonstrations against the often appalling living conditions of millions of South Africans, pointing to the fact...

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1. Verfasser:	Tournadre, Jérôme (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser:	Brown, Andrew (Literary translator) (ÜbersetzerIn)
Format:	Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:	English French
Veröffentlicht:	Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, [2018]
Schlagworte:	Since 1994 Protest movements > South Africa. Social movements > South Africa. Social change > South Africa. Contestation > Afrique du Sud. Mouvements sociaux > Afrique du Sud. SOCIAL SCIENCE > General. Protest movements Social change Social conditions Social movements South Africa > Social conditions > 1994- Afrique du Sud > Conditions sociales > 1994- South Africa
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Zusammenfassung:	Frequently praised for its democratic transition, South Africa has experienced an almost uninterrupted cycle of social protest since the late 1990s. There have been increasing numbers of demonstrations against the often appalling living conditions of millions of South Africans, pointing to the fact that they have yet to achieve full citizenship. A Turbulent South Africa offers a new look at this historic period in the existence of the young South African democracy, far removed from the idealistic portrait of the "Rainbow Nation." Jérôme Tournadre draws on interviews and observations to take the reader from the backstreets of the squatters' camps to international militant circles, and from the immediate, infra-political level to the worldwide anti-capitalist protest movement. He investigates the mechanisms and the meaning of social discontent in light of several different phenomena. These include, the struggle of the poor to gain recognition, the persistent memory of the fight against apartheid, the developments in the political world since the "Mandela Years," the coexistence of liberal democracy with a "popular politics" found in poor and working-class districts, and many other factors that have played a crucial part in the social and political tensions at the heart of post-apartheid South Africa.
Beschreibung:	Originally published in French as Apres l'apartheid: La protestation sociale en Afrique du Sud, by the University Press of Rennes, 2014.
Beschreibung:	1 online resource
Bibliographie:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9781438469782 1438469780