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Author:

Kane-Berman, John, author.

Title:

Between two fires : holding the liberal centre in South African politics / John Kane-Berman.

Publisher:

Jonathan Ball Publishers,

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

xiii, 338 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Subject:

Kane-Berman, John.
South Africa--Politics and government--20th century.
South Africa--Politics and government--1994-
Apartheid--South Africa.
Social change--South Africa--History--20th century.
South Africa--Race relations.
Apartheid.
Politics and government.
Race relations.
Social change.
South Africa.
Since 1900
History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-325) and index.

Contents:

Home, school, army -- Wits -- Oxford -- Truth to power -- Injustice and absurdity -- A permit for everything -- Soweto, apartheid, and business -- Dreams and nightmares -- Survival -- The silent revolution -- Turmoil in the townships -- Revolution under the rainbow -- Race and redress -- Liberalism for all seasons -- The way forward.

Summary:

Looks back over the enormous political and social changes that have taken place in this fractious country. The breadth and depth of ideas and events covered here are striking: the disintegration of apartheid, the chaos of the 'people's war' and its contribution to the broader societal breakdown we see today, the liberal slide-away, the authoritarian ANC with its racial ideology and revolutionary goals, to mention only a few.

ISBN:

1868427692
9781868427697

OCLC:

(OCoLC)985607109

LCCN:

2017398206

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)