South Africa's democracy at the crossroads

Since the first elections of 1994, the South African constitution officially guarantees and promotes a wide range of political and civil rights and institutionalizes the separation of powers with an independent judiciary. This has made South Africa a political symbol of change, hope and democracy in...

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Other Authors Silander, Daniel (Editor), Silander, Charlotte (Editor), Elst, Herman van der (Editor), Heydenrych, Pieter (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2022.
Subjects
Democracy > South Africa.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781802629293
DOI10.1108/9781802629279
Physical Description1 online resource (viii, 205 pages)

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Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1. Democracy at the crossroads: The case of South Africa / Daniel Silander and Oskar Malmgren
  • Chapter 2. Challenges to democracy: A framework of analysis / Daniel Silander
  • Chapter 3. The politics of apartheid in South Africa: 1910-1994 / KGame Molope
  • Chapter 4. Political society: Challenges and opportunities for democratic consolidation / Martin Nilsson
  • Chapter 5. Bureaucratic society liberalism and liberationism: Institutional compromises and bureaucratic management / Piet Croucamp
  • Chapter 6. Judicial society: Constitutionalism and the rule of law / Pieter Heydenrych
  • Chapter 7. Economic society: A stable economic society as a requirement for successful democratic consolidation in South Africa / Herman van der Elst
  • Chapter 8. Civil society: Exploring the democratic role of popular protests / Gideon van Riet and Daniel Silander
  • Chapter 9. Safety and security society: Security infrastructures and democracy in a context of negative peace / Gideon van Riet
  • Chapter 10. Educational society: Education as prerequisite for social cohesion / Charlotte Silander
  • Chapter 11. Sport society: The role of sport and identity in democratic society / Emma Ricknell
  • Chapter 12. The international society: Global and regional decline of democracy / Daniel Silander and Prince Simunkombwe
  • Chapter 13. Contemporary challenges to South African democracy / Daniel Silander.

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