The black and white rainbow : reconciliation, opposition, and nation-building in democratic South Af...
The black and white rainbow : reconciliation, opposition, and nation-building in democratic South Af...
The black and white rainbow : reconciliation, opposition, and nation-building in democratic South Africa / Carolyn E. Holmes.
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Publisher
Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2020.
Call Numbers
G 2020/3970
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
xi, 251 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Remembering and forgetting in democratic South Africa -- South Africa : forming a state, building a community -- Reconciliation and rainbows : symbols with and without history -- Opposition and party politics in democratic South Africa -- The social logic of nation-building : navigating race and gen...
Publication information
Publisher
Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2020.
Place of Publication
Michigan
Date Published
2020.
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Summary
"Nation-building imperatives compel citizens to focus on what makes them similar and what binds them together, forgetting what makes them different. Democratic institution building, on the other hand, requires fostering opposition through conducting multiparty elections and encouraging debate. Leaders of democratic factions, like parties or interes...
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Full title
The black and white rainbow : reconciliation, opposition, and nation-building in democratic South Africa / Carolyn E. Holmes.
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Notes
General note
African perspectives
Revision of author's thesis (doctoral)--Indiana University, 2015.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-242) and index.
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©2020
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G 2020/3970
Record Identifier
74VKaMXxVzWd
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKaMXxVzWd
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ISBN
0472054635 (paperback)
9780472074631 (hardcover)
0472074636 (hardcover)
9780472054633 (paperback)
DDC
968.07
MMS ID
991024349316302626
