Mbeki and After: Reflections on the Legacy of Thabo Mbeki - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1868145026 ISBN 13 : 9781868145027

Editeur : Wits University Press, 2010

Synopsis

For nearly ten years - indeed more if we include his period of influence under Mandela's presidency - Thabo Mbeki bestrode South Africa's political stage. Despite attempts by some in the new ANC leadership to airbrush out his role, there can be little doubt that Mbeki was a seminal figure in South Africa's new democracy, one who left a huge mark in many fields, perhaps most controversially in state and party management, economic policy, public health intervention, foreign affairs and race relations. If we wish to understand the character and fate of post-1994 South Africa, we must therefore ask: What kind of political system, economy and society has the former President bequeathed to the government of Jacob Zuma and to the citizens of South Africa generally? This question is addressed head-on here by a diverse range of analysts, commentators and participants in the political process. Amongst the specific questions they seek to answer: What is Mbeki's legacy for patterns of inclusion and exclusion based on race, class and gender? How, if at all, did his presidency reshape relations within the state, between the state and the ruling party and between the state and society? How did he reposition South Africa on the continent and in the world? This book will be of interest to anyone wishing to understand the current political landscape in South Africa, and Mbeki's role in shaping it.

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À propos des auteurs

Daryl Glaser is associate professor in the department of Political Studies at Wits University.

Richard Calland is Associate Professor in Public Law, Richard head of the Democratic Governance & Rights Unit at the University of Cape Town.

Jane Duncan is a professor in the Department of Journalism, Film and Television at the University of Johannesburg.

Steven Friedman is Research Professor associated with the Department of Politics in the Humanities Faculty, University of Johannesburg. He is a political scientist who specialises in the study of democracy; a public commentator; newspaper columnist and a former trade unionist.

Mark Gevisser is an award winning writer, journalist and film-maker.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Wits University Press
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1868145026
• ISBN 13: 9781868145027
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 320
• Éditeur: Glaser Daryl
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible