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South Africa (Paperback)
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South Africa (Paperback)
Series: Inventing the Nation
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Price R503
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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.""
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