LEADER 03151oam  22004335  450 
001 9910369907403321
005 20211014135739.0
010   $a9783030257446$b(electronic bk.)
010   $a3030257444$b(electronic bk.)
035   $a(CKB)4100000009040737
035   $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5852059
035   $a(DE-He213)978-3-030-25744-6
035   $a(PPN)259453439
035   $a(EXLCZ)994100000009040737
100   $a20190815d2020      u|         0
101 0 $aeng
135   $aurcnu|||||uuu
181   $ctxt$2rdacontent
182   $cc$2rdamedia
183   $acr$2rdacarrier
200 14$aThe African National Congress and participatory democracy $efrom people's power to public policy /$fby Heidi Brooks
205   $a1st edition 2020.
210  1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2020.
215   $a1 online resource (255 pages)
225 1 $aThe theories, concepts and practices of democracy
311 0 $a3030257436 
327   $a1. Introduction: A Battle of Ideas -- 2. Participation in the History of ANC Democratic Thought -- 3. Discourses of ?People?s Power? -- 4. The People Shall Govern: The Codification of Ideas -- 5. Post-1994 Policy and Movement Discourse -- 6. Conclusion: The Power of Ideas.
330   $aThis book examines the development of democratic thought in the African National Congress (ANC) of South Africa, with a focus on the movement?s ideas about participatory democracy. It makes particular reference to two key periods: the 1980s ?people?s power? movement and the subsequent years of policy formulation from 1990 when the ANC began to design and implement a system of participatory democracy alongside a representative government. Through the examination of historic documents and in-depth interviews with former ANC activists, government officials and those involved in policy development, the author explores the inspiration for the party?s commitment to establishing participatory democracy. The book combines democratic theory and political and intellectual history to look at the role of popular participation as part of a broader trajectory of the ANC?s democratic thought. It critically engages with concepts used in the party?s participatory discourse with a view to deepening our understanding of how ideas have shaped the construction of South Africa?s democracy. Heidi Brooks is Senior Lecturer in Political and International Studies at IIE MSA and Senior Research Associate at the Centre for Social Change, University of Johannesburg, South Africa. She has produced several publications on the development of democratic thought in the ANC and on conceptions of democracy in South Africa.
410  0$aThe theories, concepts and practices of democracy
606   $aPolitical parties$zSouth Africa
607   $aSouth Africa$xPolitics and government
615  0$aPolitical parties
676   $a324.268
676   $a323.0240968
700   $aBrooks$b Heidi$01065180
906   $aBOOK
912   $a9910369907403321
996   $aThe African National Congress and participatory democracy$92543518
997   $aUNINA