Why Race Matters in South Africa

Informationen zum Autor Michael MacDonald is Frederick L. Schuman Professor of International Relations at Williams College. Klappentext This book tells the story of how the transition to democracy in South Africa enfranchised blacks politically but without raising most of them from poverty. Although democratic South Africa is officially "non-racial!" the book shows that racial solidarities continue to play a role in the country's political economy. Zusammenfassung This book tells the story of how the transition to democracy in South Africa enfranchised blacks politically but without raising most of them from poverty. Although democratic South Africa is officially "non-racial!" the book shows that racial solidarities continue to play a role in the country's political economy.

Product details

• Authors: Michael Macdonald
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.03.2012
• EAN: 9780674063891
• ISBN: 978-0-674-06389-1
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; Ethnic Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Poverty & Homelessness, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / African, Republic of South Africa, Political Economy, Black & Asian Studies, Poverty and precarity, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / African Studies