Overcoming Intolerance In South Africa
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Overcoming Intolerance In South Africa
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Author : James L. Gibson
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2003
Overcoming Intolerance In South Africa written by James L. Gibson and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Political Science categories.
In Overcoming Intolerance in South Africa, Gibson and Gouws investigate the degree to which the political culture of South Africa the beliefs, values, and attitudes toward politics held by ordinary people impedes or promotes the consolidation of democratic reform. One set of values is of particular concern for their research political tolerance. The authors contend that political tolerance is a crucial element of democratic political cultures in general, but that in the case of polyglot South Africa, tolerance is perhaps more important than any other democratic value.
Overcoming Apartheid
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Author : James L. Gibson
language : en
Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation
Release Date : 2004-04-15
Overcoming Apartheid written by James L. Gibson and has been published by Russell Sage Foundation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-04-15 with Social Science categories.
Perhaps no country in history has so directly and thoroughly confronted its past in an effort to shape its future as has South Africa. Working from the belief that understanding the past will help build a more peaceful and democratic future, South Africa has made a concerted, institutionalized effort to come to grips with its history of apartheid through its Truth and Reconciliation Commission. In Overcoming Apartheid, James L. Gibson provides the first systematic assessment of whether South Africa's truth and reconciliation process has been successful. Has the process allowed South Africa to let go of its painful past and move on? Or has it exacerbated racial tensions by revisiting painful human rights violations and granting amnesty to their perpetrators? Overcoming Apartheid reports on the largest and most comprehensive study of post-apartheid attitudes in South Africa to date, involving a representative sample of all major racial, ethnic, and linguistic groups. Grounding his analysis of truth in theories of collective memory, Gibson discovers that the process has been most successful in creating a common understanding of the nature of apartheid. His analysis then demonstrates how this common understanding is helping to foster reconciliation, as defined by the acceptance of basic principles of human rights and political tolerance, rejection of racial prejudice, and acceptance of the institutions of a new political order. Gibson identifies key elements in the process—such as acknowledging shared responsibility for atrocities of the past—that are essential if reconciliation is to move forward. He concludes that without the truth and reconciliation process, the prospects for a reconciled, democratic South Africa would diminish considerably. Gibson also speculates about whether the South African experience provides any lessons for other countries around the globe trying to overcome their repressive pasts. A groundbreaking work of social science research, Overcoming Apartheid is also a primer for utilizing innovative conceptual and methodological tools in analyzing truth processes throughout the world. It is sure to be a valuable resource for political scientists, social scientists, group relations theorists, and students of transitional justice and human rights.
Overcoming Historical Injustices
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Author : James L. Gibson
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2009-07-20
Overcoming Historical Injustices written by James L. Gibson and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-07-20 with History categories.
This book investigates the judgements South Africans make about the fairness of their country's past, focusing on historical land dispossessions.
Overcoming Racial Prejudice
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Author : National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of South Africa
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1994
Overcoming Racial Prejudice written by National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of South Africa and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with Race relations categories.
Liberal Democracy And Peace In South Africa
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Author : H. Kotzé
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2010-12-14
Liberal Democracy And Peace In South Africa written by H. Kotzé and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-12-14 with Political Science categories.
South Africa's transition to democracy was met by the global audience with at first, disbelief, followed later by applause. After fifteen years of democracy big questions remain: has a more democratic regime also lead to a more liberal society? And has democracy made for a more peaceful society?
Political Tolerance In The Global South
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Author : Sten Widmalm
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-05-05
Political Tolerance In The Global South written by Sten Widmalm and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-05-05 with Social Science categories.
What makes people agree to the extension of political rights to those they clearly dislike? This book moves beyond the extensive research on this question in western contexts to focus on the global south, offering unique empirical studies of political tolerance in plural societies where poverty is prevalent and democratic institutions can often be fragile. Based on extensive data gathered in India, Pakistan and Uganda, this volume offers an account of the factors that shape the foundations of a society and its capacity to be democratic, but where the need for the protection of human rights is great and where the state is either weak or even constitutes a counter-force against the rights of individuals and groups. Combining large scale survey data with in-depth interviews in each national setting, the author exemplifies the great variation of factors which are related to political tolerance, shedding light on the fundamental patterns existing in the organisation of state-society relations and the ways in which they produce certain results owing to the manner in which the forces of modernisation operate. A broad and empirically informed study of what shapes the foundations of a democratic society in modernising nations, Political Tolerance in the Global South will appeal to scholars of sociology and political science with interests in democracy, human rights, diversity and tolerance.
Justice And Reconciliation In Post Apartheid South Africa
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Author : François Du Bois (jurist.)
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2008
Justice And Reconciliation In Post Apartheid South Africa written by François Du Bois (jurist.) and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Law categories.
An assessment of the transitional processes aimed at creating a stable and just society in South Africa.
Opinion Polls And The Media
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Author : C. Holtz-Bacha
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2012-04-05
Opinion Polls And The Media written by C. Holtz-Bacha and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-04-05 with Social Science categories.
Opinion Polls and the Media provides the most comprehensive analysis to date on the relationship between the media, opinion polls, and public opinion. Looking at the extent to which the media, through their use of opinion polls, both reflect and shape public opinion, it brings together a team of leading scholars and analyzes theoretical and methodological approaches to the media and their use of opinion polls. The contributors explore how the media use opinion polls in a range of countries across the world, and analyze the effects and uses of opinion polls by the public as well as political actors.
Political Science In South Africa
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Author : Peter Vale
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-01-13
Political Science In South Africa written by Peter Vale and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-01-13 with Political Science categories.
In 2013 and in 2014 respectively, the South African Association of Political Studies (SAAPS) and Politikon (the South African Journal of Political Studies) celebrate their 40th anniversary. Also, in April 2014 South Africa celebrates twenty years since the advent of the post-Apartheid democracy, and the birth of the ‘rainbow nation’. This book provides a timely account of the birth and evolution of South African politics over the past four decades, but also of the study of Political Science and International Relations in this country. Fourteen political scientists contribute chapters to this volume, situating the study of politics within its global context and recounting the development of politics as a field of study at South African universities. The fourteen contributions evaluate the state of the discipline(s) and suggest conclusions that are surprising and in many instances unsettling, not only with regards to what and how politics is taught, but also how its study has variously gained and lost pertinence for South Africans’ understanding of their own polity as well as its place in the world. The implications are uncomfortable, and pose interesting challenges for South African scholarship, pedagogy and national self-reflection. This book was published as a special issue of Politikon.
Assessing The Impact Of Transitional Justice
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Author : Hugo Van der Merwe
language : en
Publisher: US Institute of Peace Press
Release Date : 2009
Assessing The Impact Of Transitional Justice written by Hugo Van der Merwe and has been published by US Institute of Peace Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Law categories.
In Assessing the Impact of Transitional Justice, fourteen leading researchers study seventy countries that have suffered from autocratic rule, genocide, and protracted internal conflict.