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The Black and White rainbow : reconciliation, opposition, and nation-building in democratic South Africa /

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Nation-building imperatives compel citizens to focus on what makes them similar and what binds them together, forgetting what makes them different. Democratic institution building, on the other hand, requires fostering opposition through conducting multiparty elections and encouraging debate. Leader...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Holmes, Carolyn E. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2020]
Series:African perspectives (University of Michigan. Press)
Subjects:
Nation-building > South Africa.
Democratization > South Africa.
Nationalism > South Africa.
Post-apartheid era > South Africa.
Reconciliation.
South Africa > Social conditions > 1994-
South Africa > Politics and government > 1994-
Table of Contents:
  • Remembering and forgetting in democratic South Africa
  • South Africa : forming a state, building a community
  • Reconciliation and rainbows : symbols with and without history
  • Opposition and party politics in democratic South Africa
  • The social logic of nation-building : navigating race and gender
  • Community theater : ceremony and performance of nationhood and identity
  • Homes, farms, parks, and walls : land, space, and ownership of democratic South Africa
  • The medium and the message : language and communal identity.