Now That We Are Free : Coloured Communities in a Democratic South Africa / ed. by Wilmot James, Kerry Cullinan, Daria Caliguire.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Adam, Heribert, Contributor.

Alexander, Neville, Contributor.

Bahl, Kamlesh, Contributor.

Black, Philip, Contributor.

Caliguire, Daria, Contributor.

Caliguire, Daria, Editor.

Carrim, Vunus, Contributor.

Cullinan, Kerry, Editor.

Cullinan, Kerry, Contributor.

Flanagan, Valerie, Contributor.

Gabriels, Howard, Contributor.

Giliomee, Hermann, Contributor.

James, Wilmot, Contributor.

James, Wilmot, Editor.

Kinnes, Irvin, Contributor.

Mandela, Nelson, Contributor.

Marais, Peter, Contributor.

Masekela, Barbara, Contributor.

Moodley, Kogila, Contributor.

Putchucheary, Mavis, Contributor.

Ramphele, Mamphela, Contributor.

Rasool, Ebrahim, Contributor.

Rosa Ribeiro, Fernando, 1960- Contributor.

Seekings, Jeremy, Contributor.

Sonn, Julian, Contributor.

Williams, Brian, Contributor.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (147 p.)

Place of Publication:

Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, [2023]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Against the backdrop of the heightened racial tensions between coloured and black South Africans, the authors explore how the individual interests of distinct racial or ethnic communities can be served without endangering the broader enterprise of creating and managing national unity.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Introduction

Section 1 The Context

Chapter 1 Citizens of a single rainbow nation

Chapter 2 Voices from the communities

Chapter 3 The struggle for the Cape Flats

Section 2 Making Sense of the Coloured Vote

Chapter 4 The power of propaganda

Chapter 5 From independence to identification

Chapter 6 The devil who keeps promises

Chapter 7 Minorities together and apart

Section 3 Identity Questions in the Coloured Communities

Chapter 8 Unveiling the heart of fear

Chapter 9 Too long in the twilight

Chapter 10 Breaking down the borders

Section 4 Affirmative Action and Equity

Chapter 11 The RDP and affirmative action

Chapter 12 Motives, methods and milieux

Chapter 13 Treading the thorny path to equity

Section 5 Non-Racialism

Chapter 14 A politically incorrect view of non-racialism and majority rule

Chapter 15 Cultural diversity and national unity

Chapter 16 The Great Gariep: metaphors of national unity in the new South Africa

Section 6 Comparative Perspectives

Chapter 17 Diversity management in Canada

Chapter 18 Outlawing discrimination in Britain

Chapter 19 Diversity and assimilation in Brazil

Chapter 20 Power sharing in Malaysia

Conclusion

Postscript: June 1996

Index

About the Institute for Democracy in South Africa (IDASA)

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mai 2023)

ISBN:

1-68585-800-7

OCLC:

1378174906