Liberals Against Apartheid
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Author | : R. Vigne |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 288 |
Release | : 1997-10-15 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0230374735 |
The Liberal Party of South Africa was founded in 1953 to promote nonracial democratic liberalism in opposition to white supremacist apartheid. Under Alan Paton, it quickly moved into the extra-parliamentary field and won considerable black support, competing with Communism and black nationalism. Growing influence brought heavy government attack, and the 'banning' of nearly 50 of its leaders, black and white. Despite forced dissolution in 1968, the Liberals' ideas have triumphed over those of left and right in the 'new South Africa'.
Author | : Michael Cardo |
Publisher | : Jonathan Ball Publishers |
Total Pages | : 514 |
Release | : 2012-02-20 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1868424898 |
Peter Brown, leader of South Africa's Liberal Party until its demise in 1968, is one of the unsung heroes of South Africa's struggle against apartheid in pursuit of non-racial democracy. In Opening Men's Eyes, author Michael Cardo tells the story of how a privileged youngster growing up in the all-white world of racially conservative Natal settler society had the scales of racial prejudice removed from his eyes and how he set about opening the eyes of his compatriots. Cardo brings to life Brown's friendships across the colour bar with the likes of Archie Gumede, later one of the founders of the United Democratic Front, and his close relationship with the celebrated novelist Alan Paton, author of Cry, The Beloved Country. The book provides the first documented history of the Liberal Party, and shows how it was radicalised under Brown's leadership. Opening Men's Eyes offers a fascinating sidelight on South Africa's political and intellectual history.
Author | : Colin Eglin |
Publisher | : Jonathan Ball Publishers |
Total Pages | : 188 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : |
Without effective opposition there is no true democracy and without contribution of the prominent proponents of liberalism who have added their voices to this title, the situation in South Africa would probably be very different today. Helen Suzman takes pride of place among those liberals who devoted their lives to the fight for human rights and the rule of law in South Africa. From the start of a political career that spanned almost four decades, she challenged the iniquity of apartheid and used the privilege of Parliament to expose the inhumanity of a system that came to be defined as a crime against humanity. As a tribute to her extraordinary political life, the Isaac and Jessie Kaplan Centre for Jewish studies and research at the University of Cape Town, in association with the South African Jewish Museum, mounted an exhibition in her honour. After Colin Eglin opened the exhibition, David Welsh paid formal tribute to the guest of honour who used the occasion to reflect on her career. Both speeches are included in this volume together with a series of lectures which accompanied the exhibition.
Author | : Jill Wentzel |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 452 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Mike Ndlovu |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Liberal Party (South Africa) |
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Author | : Paul B. Rich |
Publisher | : Manchester University Press |
Total Pages | : 206 |
Release | : 1984 |
Genre | : Liberalism |
ISBN | : 9780719009402 |
Author | : Rob Skinner |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 270 |
Release | : 2010-10-27 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0230309089 |
Anti-apartheid was one of the most significant international causes of the late twentieth century. The book provides the first detailed history of the emergence of anti-apartheid activism in Britain and the USA, tracing the network of individuals and groups who shaped the moral and political character of the movement.
Author | : Jason Hickel |
Publisher | : University of California Press |
Total Pages | : 282 |
Release | : 2015-02-25 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0520284232 |
The revolution that brought the African National Congress (ANC) to power in South Africa was fractured by internal conflict. Migrant workers from rural Zululand rejected many of the egalitarian values and policies fundamental to the ANC’s liberal democratic platform and organized themselves in an attempt to sabotage the movement. This anti-democracy stance, which persists today as a direct critique of “freedom” in neoliberal South Africa, hinges on an idealized vision of the rural home and a hierarchical social order crafted in part by the technologies of colonial governance over the past century. In analyzing this conflict, Jason Hickel contributes to broad theoretical debates about liberalism and democratization in the postcolonial world. Democracy as Death interrogates the Western ideals of individual freedom and agency from the perspective of those who oppose such ideals, and questions the assumptions underpinning theories of anti-liberal movements. The book argues that both democracy and the political science that attempts to explain resistance to it presuppose a model of personhood native to Western capitalism, which may not operate cross-culturally.
Author | : M. Lipton |
Publisher | : Palgrave Macmillan |
Total Pages | : 228 |
Release | : 2014-01-14 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9781349602728 |
This book examines conflicting interpretations of the origins, evolution, and end of apartheid. Lipton asserts that it began around 1970 with relatively non-violent reform, and ended following President de Klerk's release of Nelson Mandela, and his reinstatement of the African National Congress and other organizations, in February 1990.
Author | : M. Muiu |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 248 |
Release | : 2008-12-08 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0230617271 |
This book compares African and Afrikaner nationalisms to demonstrate that the transition from apartheid to liberal democracy in South Africa was a neo-colonial settlement that left the economy and the military and security sectors under the control of the white minority, while increasing wide socioeconomic disparities between rich and poor.