South Africa's first-ever democratic electoral contest was one of the most significant global events of the decade. From the ashes of a repressive, segregated, and racist state emerged?miraculously and relatively free of bloodshed?a multi-racial and potentially compassionate new nation. This book, based on a large-scale and non-partisan public information project, provides an unparalleled wealth of fascinating information about the political dynamics of South Africa and the way the election really worked. It represents the definitive statement on the process of democratization in the country. In the year prior to the April 1994 election, R.W. Johnson and Lawrence Schlemmer assembled a team of leading South African social scientists and political analysts to monitor the campaign, party organization, the media, voter education efforts, and the contest itself, and to conduct eight surveys of opinion about the election and about popular expectations for the future. Using this unprecedented information base, the authors scrutinize the course and context of the election and its results, examining the intricacies of the electoral process and the still-disputed count and revealing both voting irregularities and pervasive fear and intimidation. The book sheds new light on the course of the election, on the construction of a policy consensus, and on the political sociology of the country as a whole. It represents the surest guide to the post-election reality of the new South Africa.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Yale University Press
ISBN-13
9780300063912
eBay Product ID (ePID)
94469436
Product Key Features
Author
R.w. Johnson
Publication Name
Launching Democracy in South Africa: the First Open Election, 1994
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
Politics
Publication Year
1996
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
426 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
237mm
Item Width
166mm
Item Weight
912g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
R.w. Johnson
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
Editor
Lawrence Schlemmer
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