Nelson Mandela - Peace Through Reconciliation (Paperback)

This book reflects on the life and politics of Nelson Mandela (1918-2013) and his efforts to broker peace and reconciliation in a deeply divided country. Through examples from apartheid and post-apartheid South Africa, it explores conflict and methods for realising peace, social justice, and democracy. The book looks at the festering of animosity and racial bitterness between the white Afrikaner community and the black community during years of racial violence, injustices, and authoritarianism in South Africa. In the most violent phase of the country's history, Mandela offered to both communities peaceful means to ensure equality, justice, and inclusivity. The author highlights the extraordinary challenges which Mandela faced in mobilising consent and persuading both the black and the Afrikaner community to acquiesce to a peaceful transfer of power. The volume further details the socio-political contexts and negotiations which resulted in the swift transfer of power, Mandela's insistence on crafting inclusive systems of nationhood, his multi-cultural cabinet, and the institutionalisation of a Truth and Reconciliation Commission to address challenges facing the two communities in the post-conflict period. An accessible introduction to one of the greatest leaders in contemporary history, this book will be essential reading for scholars and researchers of peace and conflict studies, social exclusion and discrimination, critical race theory, human rights, politics, decolonisation and post-colonial studies, sociology, and history.

General

Imprint:	Routledge India
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Peacemakers
Release date:	July 2021
First published:	2022
Authors:	Neera Chandhoke
Dimensions:	198 x 129 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	108
ISBN-13:	978-0-367-35329-2
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Comparative politics Books > Earth & environment > Geography > Regional geography Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Peace studies > General Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > Popular culture Books > Humanities > History > African history > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political structure & processes > Political leaders & leadership Books > History > African history > General
LSN:	0-367-35329-6
Barcode:	9780367353292

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