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South Africa : inventing the nation /

At the heart of South Africa's 'miracle' transition from intractable ethno-racial conflict to democracy was an improvised nation born out of war weariness, hope, idealism and calculated pragmatism on the part of the elites who negotiated the compromise settlement. In the absence of an...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Johnston, Alexander (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2014.
Colección:Inventing the Nation
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: The problem of nationalism in post-apartheid South africa
  • The raw material of nation-building
  • Who are South Africans?
  • Nationalism and the end of apartheid
  • Legacies
  • Improvising the nation, 1990-96
  • Beyond the improvised nation
  • Over the rainbow : from Mandela to Mbeki
  • From reconciliation to social cohesion
  • South Africa today : coming together or falling apart?
  • Do South Africans have a shared life?
  • The spectre of anomie : deviance and national citizenship
  • Nation-building 20 years on
  • Conclusion: the problem of nationalism in South Africa today.