South Africa's Insurgent Citizens - On Dissent and the Possibility of Politics (Paperback)

Twenty years on from South Africa's first democratic election, the post-apartheid political order is more fractured, and more fractious, than ever before. Police violence seems the order of the day - whether in response to a protest in Ficksburg or a public meeting outside a mine in Marikana. For many, this has signalled the end of the South African dream. Politics, they declare, is the preserve of the corrupt, the self-interested, the incompetent and the violent. They are wrong. Julian Brown argues that a new kind of politics can be seen on the streets and in the courtrooms of the country. This politics is made by a new kind of citizen - one that is neither respectful nor passive, but instead insurgent. The collapse of the dream of a consensus politics is not a cause for despair. South Africa's political order is fractured, and in its cracks new forms of activity, new leaders and new movements are emerging.

General

Imprint:	Zed Books Ltd
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	June 2015
Authors:	Doctor Julian Brown
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	211
ISBN-13:	978-1-78360-297-1
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political activism > Demonstrations & protest movements Promotions
LSN:	1-78360-297-X
Barcode:	9781783602971

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