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Book SynopsisA groundbreaking analysis examining the gains, contradictions and frustrations of 21st century pre-democracy struggles across Southern Africa.
Trade Review"[The] experience of explosive movements for change therefore has to be set against their limitations - including the question of political leadership and organisation and the ideological underpinning of the revolts. Such questions are not of importance for Africans or people who are interested in African politics alone: they concern questions that face activists everywhere. Therefore this history and analysis deserves much wider circulation. Readers who may have knowledge of one part of Africa will gain from the detailed analysis of countries that they are less familiar with." Charlie Kimber, Socialist Review
"[The] experience of explosive movements for change therefore has to be set against their limitations - including the question of political leadership and organisation and the ideological underpinning of the revolts. Such questions are not of importance for Africans or people who are interested in African politics alone: they concern questions that face activists everywhere. Therefore this history and analysis deserves much wider circulation. Readers who may have knowledge of one part of Africa will gain from the detailed analysis of countries that they are less familiar with." —Charlie Kimber, Socialist Review
Table of ContentsChapter One--Introduction Chapter Two--Social movements and the working class in Africa Chapter Three--An epoch of uprisings: Social movements in post-colonial Africa, 1945-1998 Chapter Four --South African social movements Chapter Five--Social movements after the transition: Choiceless Democracies? Chapter Six--Frustrated transitions: social movements, protest and repression in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Zimbabwe and Swaziland Chapter Seven--Social Forums and the World Social Forum in Africa Chapter Eight--Conclusion Bibliography
