Politics in South Africa: From Mandela to Mbeki - Softcover

Lodge, Tom

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9780253215871: Politics in South Africa: From Mandela to Mbeki

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ISBN 10: 0253215870 ISBN 13: 9780253215871

Publisher: Indiana University Press, 2003

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With its focus on the presidencies of Nelson Mandela and Thabo Mbeki, Politics in South Africa presents a critical balance sheet of the achievements and shortcomings of South Africa's new democractic governments. Tom Lodge, one of South Africa's most notable political commentators, sifts though media sources, reports, polls, and surveys to provide readers with an extensive record of contemporary history and politics in South Africa. Lodge examines the government's successes and failures with instituting land reform, integrating local governments into national politics, countering corruption, and bringing democracy and civic culture to a nation facing significant challenges. Important material on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, the 2000 municipal elections, the leadership capability of the ANC, and South Africa's international and regional roles is included. Politics in South Africa provides a detailed and authoritative guide to South Africa's complex political landscape.

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The combination of detail and analysis makes this account a pleasure to read...it is an invaluable handbook to South African politics since 1994 - Richard Bourne in THE ROUND TABLE
Since 1994 South Africa has undergone a period of rapid, profound and often bewildering change. Yet the thinking about South Africa has tended to change far more slowly, with writers reluctant to let go for the familiar old narratives, preconceptions and Lodge provides a more critical scrutiny of the implementation problems that may dog many of the ambitious new schemes. ...informative and well-written. INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
Review of the First Edition: '... an exciting text... the only up-to-date,

About the Author:

Tom Lodge is Professor in the Department of Political Studies at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa. A noted commentator on contemporary politics in Africa and South Africa, he is the author of many books, including Black Politics in South Africa since 1945.

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