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Electoral politics in South Africa assessing the first democratic decade /

Subjects: “…Elections South Africa.…”
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Testing democracy which way is South Africa going? /

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The African National Congress and the Regeneration of Political Power / by Booysen, Susan

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : ANC pathways to claiming, consolidating and regenerating political power -- Aluta continua, from Polokwane to Mangaung -- The ANC and its pillars of people's power -- Power through the ballot and the brick -- Participation and power through co-operation, complicity, co-optation -- Power through elections: serial declines, but the centre holds -- Floor-crossing and entrenchment of ANC electoral supremacy -- Subjugation and demise of the (new) National Party -- Countered and cowered Congress of the People (Cope) -- State institutions as site of struggle in ANC wars -- Between centralisation and centralism : the Presidency of South Africa -- Policy, pursuit of the 'turn to the left' and the paradox of continuity -- ANC at a critical conjuncture : movement, people, elections, governance.…”
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Apartheid, 1948-1994 / by Dubow, Saul

Table of Contents: “…The Apartheid Election, 1948 -- The Consolidation of Apartheid -- Sharpeville and its Aftermath -- Apartheid Regnant -- The Opposition Destroyed -- Cracks within the System -- The Limits and Dangers of Reform -- A Balancing of Forces -- Conclusion.…”
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Liberating Namibia the long diplomatic struggle between the United Nations and South Africa / by Udogu, Emmanuel Ike

Table of Contents: “…Theo Ben Gurirab, SWAPO chief representative at the United Nations, on the diplomatic and military strategy of his group to resolve international conflict -- Appendix B: UN resolution 264 of March 20, 1969, calling for an immediate withdrawal of South Africa's administration in Namibia -- Appendix C: UN Security Council resolution 385 of January 30, 1976, condemning the continued illegal occupation of Namibia -- Appendix D: UN Security Council resolution 435 of September 29, 1978, which called for a cease-fire in Namibia and un-sponsored elections -- Appendix E: structure and deployment of the United Nations Transition Assistance Group (UNTAG) in the conflict-resolution project -- Appendix F: chronology of international efforts to resolve the crisis -- Appendix G: the inaugural speech of His Excellency President Sam Nujoma on March 21, 1990.…”
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