LEADER 04231oam 2200625 450 001 9910807326703321 005 20200514202323.0 010 $a1-78093-270-7 010 $a1-78093-194-8 010 $a1-78093-193-X 024 7 $a10.5040/9781780931944 035 $a(CKB)3710000000128895 035 $a(EBL)1715658 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001228330 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12522232 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001228330 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11300354 035 $a(PQKB)10251119 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1715658 035 $a(OCoLC)1154955361 035 $a(UtOrBLW)bpp09257920 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000128895 100 $a20131205d2014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aSouth Africa $einventing the nation /$fAlexander Johnston 210 1$aNew York :$cBloomsbury Academic,$d2014. 215 $a1 online resource (369 p.) 225 0 $aInventing the Nation 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-306-87334-7 311 $a1-78093-192-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references(pages 333-343) and index. 327 $tIntroduction: The problem of nationalism in post-apartheid South africa --$tThe raw material of nation-building --$tWho are South Africans? --$tNationalism and the end of apartheid --$tLegacies --$tImprovising the nation, 1990-96 --$tBeyond the improvised nation --$tOver the rainbow : from Mandela to Mbeki --$tFrom reconciliation to social cohesion --$tSouth Africa today : coming together or falling apart? --$tDo South Africans have a shared life? --$tThe spectre of anomie : deviance and national citizenship --$tNation-building 20 years on --$tConclusion: the problem of nationalism in South Africa today. 330 8 $aAt the heart of South Africa's 'miracle' transition from intractable ethno-racial conflict to democracy was an improvised nation born out of war weariness, hope, idealism and calculated pragmatism on the part of the elites who negotiated the compromise settlement. In the absence of any of the conventional bonds of national consciousness, the improvised nation was fixed on the civic identity and national citizenship envisaged in the new constitution. In the twentieth anniversary year of the country's democracy, South Africa reviews the progress of nation-building in post-apartheid South Africa, assesses how well the improvised nation has been embedded in a shared life for South Africans and offers a prognosis for its future. It draws up a socio-economic profile of the population which is the raw material of nation-building. It measures the contributions of the polity and the constitution, religion and values, as well as sport and the media, to building a sense of national citizenship. The book explains the abrupt discontinuity between the contributions of Nelson Mandela and Thabo Mbeki to nation-building and goes on to note the changing focus from reconciliation between black and white to include a concern for social cohesion in a society beset by violent crime, corruption and citizen deviance and dissidence. South Africa reconsiders the short, intense life cycle of Afrikaner nationalism and portrays the ambiguous relationships between African nationalism, non-racialism, civic nationalism and 'African tradition' in the ideology and practice of the African National Congress. In doing so, it provides a comprehensive analysis of a crucial aspect of South Africa's first twenty years of democracy, as well as exploring intriguing questions for the student of nationalism. 410 0$aInventing the Nation 606 $aNationalism$zSouth Africa 606 $aNation-building$zSouth Africa 606 $2African history 607 $aSouth Africa$xPolitics and government$y1989-1994 607 $aSouth Africa$xPolitics and government$y1994- 615 0$aNationalism 615 0$aNation-building 676 $a320.968 700 $aJohnston$b Alexander$0277499 801 0$bUtOrBLW 801 1$bUtOrBLW 801 2$bUkLoBP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910807326703321 996 $aSouth Africa$94030031 997 $aUNINA