04366nam 22006971 450 991059714780332120140314133501.01-4725-9305-71-4725-2179-X1-4725-2888-310.5040/9781472593054(CKB)3710000000094571(EBL)1656524(SSID)ssj0001131712(PQKBManifestationID)12438410(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001131712(PQKBWorkID)11143951(PQKB)10948168(MiAaPQ)EBC1656524(MiAaPQ)EBC6160289(OCoLC)879904327(UtOrBLW)bpp09255636(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/92784(EXLCZ)99371000000009457120140929d2014 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAre South Africans free? /Lawrence HamiltonNew York :Bloomsbury Academic,2014.1 online resource (169 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4725-3461-1 1-4725-2693-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction -- Chapter 1: Political Freedom? -- Chapter 2: Poverty, Inequality and Education -- Chapter 3: Political Representation or What's Wrong with South Africa's Electoral System? -- Chapter 4: Public Debt and the Economic Credibility of the Post-Apartheid State -- Chapter 5: What is to be Done? Overcoming South Africa's Lack of Freedom -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index."Despite South Africa's successful transition to democracy and lauded constitution, political freedom for the majority of South Africans remains elusive. The poor and unemployed majority are poorly represented and lack power and thus freedom. Under these conditions, the freedom of the privileged minority is also seriously impaired due to the costs of maintaining their relative security and well-being. Lawrence Hamilton is an internationally-known political theorist, who has spent ten years teaching in South African universities. In this unique book he brings ideas - political and philosophical - to the fore to understand a contemporary political conundrum. He outlines the persistent, unresolved problems characterizing contemporary South Africa: poverty and quality of life statistics that are appalling for a middle-income country, levels of inequality that make South Africa one of the most unequal places in the world, skewed economic and political representation that reproduces elites rather than generating opportunities for all and an electoral system that implements the idea of proportional representation so literally that it undermines meaningful representation. Are South Africans Free? aims not only to explain the current state of South Africa but to provide positive new directions and suggestions for institutional change. Hamilton argues that freedom as power in South Africa does not depend on good will, charity or duty, and it goes beyond the complete realization of the political and civil liberties currently safeguarded in its constitution. Such change will depend on courageous leadership, active citizenship, new forms of representation and a macroeconomic policy that offers radical redistribution of actual and potential wealth."--Bloomsbury Publishing.Elite (Social sciences)South AfricaEqualitySouth AfricaPolitical participationSouth AfricaPower (Social sciences)South AfricaQuality of lifeSouth AfricaRepresentative government and representationSouth AfricaPolitical science & theorySouth AfricaPolitics and government1994-Elite (Social sciences)EqualityPolitical participationPower (Social sciences)Quality of lifeRepresentative government and representation320.01130968Hamilton Lawrence1972-1262039UtOrBLWUtOrBLWBOOK9910597147803321Are South Africans free2947486UNINA