Nelson Mandela : peace through reconciliation / Neera Chandhoke.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chandhoke, Neera, author.

Series:

Peacemakers

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mandela, Nelson, 1918-2013.

Black people--Civil rights--South Africa.

Black people.

Apartheid--South Africa--History.

Apartheid.

Race relations.

History.

Civil rights movements.

Black people--Civil rights.

South Africa.

Civil rights movements--South Africa--History--20th century.

Peace.

Reconciliation.

Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.).

Politics and government.

Mandela, Nelson, 1918-2013--Influence.

Mandela, Nelson.

South Africa--Politics and government--20th century.

South Africa--Race relations--History--20th century.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

x, 97 pages ; 21 cm.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2022.

Summary:

"This book reflects on the life and politics of Nelson Mandela (1918-2013), and his efforts to broker peace and reconciliation in a deeply divided country. Through examples from apartheid South Africa, it explores conflict and methods for realising peace, social justice and democracy. The book looks at the festering of animosity and racial bitterness between the white Afrikaner community and the black community due to years of racial violence, injustices and authoritarianism in South Africa. In the most violent phase of the country's history, Mandela offered to both communities peaceful means to ensure equality, justice and inclusivity. The author highlights the extraordinary challenges which Mandela faced in mobilising consent and persuading both the black and the Afrikaner community to acquiesce to peace and the transfer of power. The volume further details the socio-political contexts and negotiations which resulted in the swift transfer of power, Mandela's insistence on crafting inclusive systems of nationhood, his multi-cultural cabinet, and the institutionalization of a Truth and Reconciliation Commission to address challenges facing the two communities post-conflict. An accessible introduction to one of the greatest leaders in contemporary history, this book will be essential reading for scholars and researchers of peace and conflict studies, social exclusion and discrimination, critical race theory, human rights, politics, decolonization and post-colonial studies, sociology, and history"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: pt. I Violence and peace

Mandela: an answer to violence

pt. II Historical injustice and resistance

And of resistance

Mandela's Gandhian moment

The context of apartheid South Africa

Mandela's release

Negotiating peace

Addressing violence

Towards substantive freedom

pt. III Towards an inclusive democracy

Managing the transition

After elections

Mandela's three political commitments to the cause of peace

The spirit of compassion and empathy

Mandela's rhetorical turn

pt. IV Peace through reconciliation

The argument for reconciliation

Dealing with historical injustice

Reconciliation in the post-settler colony

The South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission

Conclusion: Nelson Mandela's contribution to peace

How is violence to be negated?

The limits of violence: Gandhi and Mandela

Mandela's peace.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780367353292

0367353296

9780367353087

0367353083

OCLC:

1225977599

Publisher Number:

99988334614