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From Comrades to Citizens

The South African Civics Movement and the Transition to Democracy

G Adler editor J Steinberg editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Palgrave USA

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In the 1980s South Africa's urban townships exploded into insurrection led by youth and residents' organisations that collectively became known as the civics movement.In the 1980s South Africa's urban townships exploded into insurrection led by youth and residents' organisations that collectively became known as the civics movement. Ironically the movement has been unable to adapt to the role of a voluntary association in the liberal polity it helped create, and has great difficulty defining any alternative role. This volume charts the rise and fall of the movement in the transition to and consolidation of democracy in South Africa.

ISBN: 9780312231026

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 495g

253 pages

2000 ed.