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Title:

From comrades to citizens : the South African civics movement and the transition to democracy / edited by Glenn Adler and Jonny Steinberg.

Publisher:

St. Martin's Press in association with Albert Einstein Institution,

Copyright Date:

2000

Description:

xvi, 253 pages : maps ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Democracy--South Africa.
Civil society--South Africa.
Social movements--South Africa.

Other Authors:

Adler, Glenn, 1958- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n91110438
Steinberg, Jonny, 1970- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n99275730

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-235) and index.

Contents:

Survival and resistance : township organizations and non-violent direct action in twentieth century South Africa / Colin Bundy -- The development of strategic thought in South Africa's civic movements, 1977-90 / Jeremy Seekings -- Hegemony, democracy and civil society : political participation in Kwazakele township, 1980-93 / Janet Cherry -- Fenced in by ideas of modernity : land struggles and civic activism in Namaqualand, 1980-93 / Steven Robins -- Civic organization in Alexandra in the early 1990s : an ethnographic approach / Justine Lucas -- A place for civics in a liberal democratic polity? The fate of local institutions of resistance after Apartheid / Jonny Steinberg -- After Apartheid : civic organizations in the 'new' South Africa.

Series:

International political economy series

ISBN:

9780312231026
0312231024

OCLC:

(OCoLC)42680514

LCCN:

99053011

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)