South Africa, settler colonialism and the failures of liberal democracy /
Thiven Reddy shows how conventional approaches to understanding democratization have failed to capture the complexities of South Africa's post-Apartheid transition. Rather, as a product of imperial expansion, the South African state, capitalism and citizen identities have been uniquely shaped b...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London :
Zed Books : Nordiska Afrikainstitutet,
[2015]
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| Series: | Africa now (Zed Books)
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| Summary: | Thiven Reddy shows how conventional approaches to understanding democratization have failed to capture the complexities of South Africa's post-Apartheid transition. Rather, as a product of imperial expansion, the South African state, capitalism and citizen identities have been uniquely shaped by a particular mode of domination, namely settler colonialism. An important work that sheds light on the nature of modernity, democracy and the complex politics of contemporary South Africa. |
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| Physical Description: | vi, 216 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-205) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781783602230 (paperback) 9781783602247 (hardback) 1783602244 (hardback) |