South Africa Reborn

Download or read book South Africa Reborn: Building A New Democracy written by Dr Heather Deegan and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-08-04 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The political changes in South Africa have led to the country being viewed as a standard bearer for democracy within the African continent, and a beacon for democratic reform globally.; In this book, Heather Deegan looks at political reform in South Africa within a broad framework of global patterns of democratization. Her account is rooted in modern literature on democracy and democratization, and it is illuminated by interviews carried out at local and national level among members of the ANC, the Inkartha Freedom Party, the National Party, various women's organizations, labour and economic groups, traditional ethnic organizations, township representatives and religious groups.