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Launching Democracy in South Africa - The First Open Election, 1994 (Hardcover, Reissue)
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Launching Democracy in South Africa - The First Open Election, 1994 (Hardcover, Reissue)
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South Africa's first-ever democratic electoral contest was one of
the most significant global events of the decade. From the ashes of
a repressive, segregated, and racist state emerged-miraculously and
relatively free of bloodshed-a multi-racial and potentially
compassionate new nation. This book, based on a large-scale and
non-partisan public information project, provides an unparalleled
wealth of fascinating information about the political dynamics of
South Africa and the way the election really worked. It represents
the definitive statement on the process of democratization in the
country. In the year prior to the April 1994 election, R.W. Johnson
and Lawrence Schlemmer assembled a team of leading South African
social scientists and political analysts to monitor the campaign,
party organization, the media, voter education efforts, and the
contest itself, and to conduct eight surveys of opinion about the
election and about popular expectations for the future. Using this
unprecedented information base, the authors scrutinize the course
and context of the election and its results, examining the
intricacies of the electoral process and the still-disputed count
and revealing both voting irregularities and pervasive fear and
intimidation. The book sheds new light on the course of the
election, on the construction of a policy consensus, and on the
political sociology of the country as a whole. It represents the
surest guide to the post-election reality of the new South Africa.
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