In 2013 and in 2014 respectively, the South African Association of
Political Studies (SAAPS) and Politikon (the South African Journal
of Political Studies) celebrate their 40th anniversary. Also, in
April 2014 South Africa celebrates twenty years since the advent of
the post-Apartheid democracy, and the birth of the 'rainbow
nation'. This book provides a timely account of the birth and
evolution of South African politics over the past four decades, but
also of the study of Political Science and International Relations
in this country. Fourteen political scientists contribute chapters
to this volume, situating the study of politics within its global
context and recounting the development of politics as a field of
study at South African universities. The fourteen contributions
evaluate the state of the discipline(s) and suggest conclusions
that are surprising and in many instances unsettling, not only with
regards to what and how politics is taught, but also how its study
has variously gained and lost pertinence for South Africans'
understanding of their own polity as well as its place in the
world. The implications are uncomfortable, and pose interesting
challenges for South African scholarship, pedagogy and national
self-reflection. This book was published as a special issue of
Politikon.
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