State, Resistance and Change in South Africa

Originally published in 1988, this book describes and analyses the factors that were operative in South Africa during the 1980s, at a time when Apartheid was under intense pressure.

List of contents

1. Introduction: The Politics of Stalemate Mark Swilling 2. A Critical Analysis of the South African State's Reform Strategies in the 1980s William Cobbett, Daryl Glaser, Doug Hindson and Mark Swilling 3. The Giant Stirs: South African Business in the Age of Reform Michael Mann 4. The Crisis of Local Government in South Africa Jeremy Grest 5. Intensifying Civil War: The Role of the South African Defence Force Michael Evans and Mark Phillips 6. The Wild Card: Inkatha and Contemporary Black Politics Colleen McCaul 7. The Rise of Social-Movement Unionism: The Two Faces of the Black Trade Union Movement in South Africa Eddie Webster 8. Political Mobilisation in the Black Townships of the Transvaal Jeremy Seekings 9. State of Exile: The African National Congress of South Africa, 1976-86 Tom Lodge 10. Images of the Future and Strategies in the Present: The Freedom Charter and the South African Left Peter Hudson 11. Beyond Apartheid: Pathways for Transition Philip Frankel 12. Select Bibliography on South Africa Noam J. Pines

Summary

Originally published in 1988, this book describes and analyses the factors that were operative in South Africa during the 1980s, at a time when Apartheid was under intense pressure.

Product details

• Authors: Philip Pines Frankel
• Assisted by: Philip Frankel (Editor), Frankel Philip (Editor), Noam Pines (Editor), Mark Swilling (Editor), Swilling Mark (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.07.2024
• EAN: 9781032311630
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3231163-0
• No. of pages: 326
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: South Africa
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / African, HISTORY / Africa / South / Republic of South Africa, Republic of South Africa, African History, C 1980 To C 1990, c 1980 to c 1989, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Race & Ethnic Relations