Essays on the Evolution of the Post-Apartheid State: Legacies, Reforms and Prospects [conference edition]Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection [MISTRA]

Ndletyana, Mcebisi ; Maimela, David [Editors]

ISBN 10: 1920655859 / ISBN 13: 9781920655853

Published by Real African Publishers, 2013

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Essays on the Evolution of the Post-Apartheid State: Legacies, Reforms and Prospects [conference edition]Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection [MISTRA]
• Publisher: Real African Publishers
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1920655859
• ISBN 13: 9781920655853
• Binding: paperback
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Near Fine
• Weight: 13 ounces

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Synopsis

This book critically examines the challenges, successes, and failures of the post-1994 South African state against the humane values enshrined in its constitution: nonracial democracy and respect for all generations of human rights—civil, political, social, economic, resources and the environment and gender and communication. The book sheds light on the difficulties faced by the State when trying to bring together a diverse society comprised of traditional South African, Western-based and “other” African (immigrant) cultures into a cohesive nation with a common South African identity. The views of the essays may not be entirely consistent and the issues they raise may be contentious. This merely affirms the truism that the State is a contested terrain. The aim of this book is to deepen the search for an understanding of the theory of the State as it applies to a transforming society such as ours and to trudge the dividing line between theory and practice so they can feed into each other in a progressive spiral towards the desired end-state.

About the Author

Mcebisi Ndletyana held research positions at various research institutions including the Human Sciences Research Council in Pretoria, the Centre for Policy Studies (CPS) at Doornfontein, and at the Steve Biko Foundation in Braamfontein before joining MISTRA. He has also held lecturing positions at the Marymount Manhattan College in New York as well as at the City University of New York’s Hunter College.