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Articles · Vol. 14 No. 2 (2018): Africa Review of Books, volume 14, n° 2, 2018

Shaping the Post-Apartheid Landscape in South Africa

The making of the Black Middle Class Garth le Pere

Abstract

Roger Southall must rank as one of South Africa’s most enterprising and provocative scholars. He is not one to shy away from taking on challenging and demanding assignments. Like his book before this one, Liberation Movements in Power: Party and State in Southern Africa (University of KwaZulu-Natal Press, 2013) was pathbreaking in examining and exploring the structural anatomy and governance pathologies of liberation movements in Southern Africa. Here he laid bare theirloss of moral authority to govern once ensconced in power; only to become authoritarian party machines based on corruption, avarice, and patronage.

Shaping the Post-Apartheid Landscape in South Africa: The making of the Black Middle Class Garth le Pere

Roger Southall doit être considéré comme l'un des universitaires les plus entreprenants et provocateurs d'Afrique du Sud. Il n'est pas du genre à hésiter à assumer des missions difficiles et exigeantes. Comme son livre avant celui-ci, Liberation Movements in Power: Party and State in Southern Africa (University of KwaZulu-Natal Press, 2013) a été révolutionnaire dans l'examen et l'exploration de l'anatomie structurelle et des pathologies de gouvernance des mouvements de libération en Afrique australe. Ici, il a mis à nu leur perte d'autorité morale pour gouverner une fois installés au pouvoir; pour devenir des machines de parti autoritaires basées sur la corruption, l'avarice et le clientélisme.

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Shaping Post-Apartheid Landscape South Africa Black Middle

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