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Anti-apartheid and the emergence of a global civil society / Håkan Thörn.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Thörn, Håkan.
Series:
St. Antony's series (Palgrave Macmillan (Firm))
St. Antony's series
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Apartheid--South Africa.
Apartheid.
Race relations.
History.
South Africa.
Anti-apartheid movements--South Africa.
Anti-apartheid movements.
South Africa--Race relations--History--20th century.
Civil society.
Physical Description:
xiv, 251 pages ; 23 cm.
Place of Publication:
Basingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.
Summary:
The author looks at anti-apartheid as part of the history of present global politics. He provides the first comparative analysis of different sections of the transnational anti-apartheid movement. A highly organized system of repression such as apartheid demanded organized resistance: from the late 1950s to the 1990s the anti-apartheid movement performed increasingly well-organized transnational collective action, based on a collective identity, an imagined community of solidarity activists, uniting people across large distances. Analysing a part of twentieth century post-war history mainly from a sociological perspective, this book also highlights dimensions of globalization in an era in which we still live, the power of the media and the power of collective action.
Contents:
Prologue: Apartheid as a Dark Side of Modernity xiii
Introduction: Anti-Apartheid, the Media and 'New Social Movements' - Beyond Eurocentrism 1
The long journey 1
Across borders 2
The globalization of politics 4
Anti-apartheid and human rights 5
Anti-apartheid and new social movements 7
Social movements and the mediatization of politics 15
Border thinking 18
Notes on material and method 20
Part I Anti-Apartheid in Global Context
1 Narratives of Transnational Anti-Apartheid Activism 29
Introduction: transnational activists and historical experiences 29
The activist public official 31
The activist priest 33
The exile activist 36
The movement organizer 40
The movement intellectual 43
Conclusion: transnational activism and its contexts 45
2 The Globalization of the Anti-Apartheid Movement 48
Introduction: transnational collective action and globalization 48
Transnationalism and its tensions: liberation movements, solidarity networks and 'the struggle within the struggle' 49
ANC, PAC and the armed struggle 50
Sanctions, boycotts and constructive engagement 60
Black Consciousness Movement, the IUEF and 'Operation Daisy' 66
Naming the movement 68
Political globalization from above 70
Conclusion: anti-apartheid as globalization from below 72
3 National Politics in a Global Context: Anti-Apartheid in Britain and Sweden 73
Introduction: national politics in a global context 73
The legacy of the Empire 75
Nationalism as internationalism 76
The state and other enemies 80
Ambivalent relations: the state as friend and foe 84
The 'image of respectability' versus the 'consensus culture' of the People's Home 86
Conflicting agendas 90
The worker's movement and the legacies of socialism/communism 93
Dealing with diversity 95
Conclusion: radical or respectable? 97
4 The Struggle over Information and Interpretation 99
Introduction: the importance of media and information 99
Apartheid media strategies 101
Media activism and information networks 105
Approaching established media 110
Commitment and journalism: in between movement and media 111
The movement as a stage - protest simulacra and the turn to cultural politics 117
Conclusion: technology and solidarity 122
Part II Public Debates on Apartheid/Anti-Apartheid in Britain and Sweden 1960-90
5 Beginnings: Sharpeville and the Boycott Debates 127
Introduction: the role of Sharpeville as a media event 127
Boycott News 128
Boycott debates 130
Sharpeville in the news: 'learning the lesson the hard way' 134
'To civilize the African' 137
Conclusion: framing the struggle 140
6 Sports as Politics: The Battle of Bastad and 'Stop the 70s Tour' 142
Introduction: student activism and sports as politics 142
May 1968: the Battle in Bastad 143
Stop the 70s Tour 147
The quest for order 151
Conclusion: direct action versus 'law and order' 156
7 'A New Black Militancy' - Before and after the Soweto Uprising 158
Introduction: Tutu's 'nightmarish fear' 158
'A new black militancy' 161
Soweto in the media: 'It's no good firing over their heads' 163
'An insupportable tyranny' 168
Conclusion: increasing polarization 170
8 Sharpeville Revisited and the Release of Nelson Mandela 174
The 'total strategy' and the rise of the UDF 174
'Take your bloody money and go' 177
Langa in the press: 'an uncanny resemblance of Sharpeville' 180
'Which black opposition?' 183
The release of Mandela 185
Conclusion: the beginning of the end 189
Conclusion: Anti-Apartheid and the Emergence of a Global Civil Society 192
Not an easy affair 192
Organizing and mobilizing transnational anti-apartheid 195
Mediated interaction and information politics 196
Mobility - travel and exile 199
An imagined community of solidarity activists 200
The emergence of a global civil society 203
The meaning(s) of solidarity 207
Epilogue: The Legacy of Anti-Apartheid 212.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 230-239) and index.
ISBN:
1403939373
OCLC:
62421314
Publisher Number:
9781403939371

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