Rethinking Reconciliation - Evidence From South Africa (Paperback)

South Africa's first democratic elections in 1994 heralded the end of more than forty years of apartheid. The Government of National Unity started the process of bringing together this deeply divided society principally through the establishment of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC).

However, interest in – and responsibility for - the reconciliation project first embodied through the TRC appears to have diminished over more than two decades of democracy. The narrow mandate of the Commission itself has been retrospectively criticised, and at face value it would seem that deep divisions persist: the chasm between rich and poor gapes wider than ever before; the public is polarised over questions of restitution and memorialisation; and incidents of racialised violence and hate speech continue.

This edited volume uses a decade of public opinion survey data to answer these key questions about the extent of progress in South African reconciliation. Leading social scientists analyse longitudinal data derived from the South African Reconciliation Barometer Survey (SARB) – conducted annually by the Institute for Justice and Reconciliation since 2003 as well as interrogate and reach critical conclusions on the state of reconciliation, including in the areas of economic transformation, race relations and social contact, political participation, national identity formation and transitional justice. Their findings both confirm and disrupt theory on reconciliation and social change, and point to critical new directions in thinking and policy implementation.

General

Imprint:	HSRC Press
Country of origin:	South Africa
Release date:	March 2017
Editors:	Kate Lefko-Everett • Rajen Govender • Donald Foster
Dimensions:	240 x 168 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	374
ISBN-13:	978-0-7969-2554-1
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political science & theory Books > Humanities > History > African history > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Central government > Central government policies Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political control & freedoms > General Books > History > African history > General Books > Local Author Showcase > Politics
LSN:	0-7969-2554-2
Barcode:	9780796925541

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