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Ending Apartheid (Paperback)
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Ending Apartheid (Paperback)
Series: Turning Points
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The release of Nelson Mandela from twenty-seven years imprisonment
in 1990 and the free elections which followed four years later were
among the most dramatic events of the twentieth century. David
Welsh and J. E. Spence here examine the complex forces which lay
behind that drama. They chart the rise and decline of apartheid
ideology in South Africa, the internal insurrection and increased
international isolation which characterised the 1980s and the
political roller-coaster ride of the period after 1990 as
constitutional negotiations got underway. Based on extensive
interviews with those involved, Ending Apartheid traces the
negotiating process in penetrating detail, noting the political
skills of de Klerk and Mandela in keeping their potentially unruly
constituencies in line and avoiding the major violence that many
had predicted. Reaching agreement on a democratic constitution was
a major achievement that surprised many sceptical observers, but
the book ends on a more sombre note. Reviewing the period
subsequent to the transition, it argues that while progress has
been made, the future of South Africa's democracy is still far from
assured. Written by two eminent scholars with decades of experience
teaching in the field, Ending Apartheid is an invaluable resource
for all students of South African politics seeking a deeper
understanding of a defining episode in recent history.
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