African struggles today : social movements since independence / Peter Dwyer and Leo Zeilig.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dwyer, Peter.

Contributor:

Zeilig, Leo.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social movements--Africa, Southern.

Social movements.

Social movements--Africa, Sub-Saharan.

Post-apartheid era--Africa, Southern.

Post-apartheid era.

Protest movements--Africa, Sub-Saharan.

Protest movements.

Civil society--Africa, Sub-Saharan.

Civil society.

Democratization--Africa, Sub-Saharan.

Democratization.

Capitalism--Social aspects--Africa, Sub-Saharan.

Capitalism.

Africa, Southern--Social conditions--1994-.

Africa, Southern.

Africa, Sub-Saharan--Social conditions--1960-.

Africa, Sub-Saharan.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (305 p.)

Place of Publication:

Chicago. : Haymarket Books ; [Minneapolis] : Trade distribution in the US, Consortium Book Sales and Distribution, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This groundbreaking analysis examines the gains, contradictions, and frustrations of twenty-first century prodemocracy struggles across Southern Africa

Contents:

CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; 2 Social Movements and the Working Classin Africa; 3 An Epoch of Uprisings: Social Movements in Postcolonial Africa, 1945-1998; 4 Cracks in the Monolith: Social Movements in Post-Apartheid South Africa; 5 Social Movements after the Transition: Choiceless Democracies?; 6 Frustrated Transitions: Social Movements, Protest, and Repression in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Zimbabwe, and Swaziland; 7 Social Forums and the World Social Forumin Africa; 8 Conclusion; List of Acronyms; Notes; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781608463084

1608463087

OCLC:

818819566