Rethinking the Rise and Fall of Apartheid South Africa and World Politics /

• Main Author: Guelke, Adrian (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Macmillan Education UK : Imprint: Palgrave, 2005.
• Series: Rethinking World Politics
• Subjects: Political science.; Political Science and International Relations.; International Relations Theory.

Providing a much-needed antidote to recent revisionist attempts to 'rehabilitate' apartheid, this major new text by a leading authority offers a considered and substantive reassessment of the nature, endurance and significance of apartheid in South Africa as well as the reasons for its dra...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Introduction: Apartheid's Global Significance
• The Debate on the Nature of South Africa's Racial Policies: Totalitarian or Colonial?
• Origins of Racial Policy: Consequence of an Imperialist War or the Prejudice of the Frontier?
• Segregation: Home-grown or Imported?
• The Theory and Practice of Apartheid: Was There a Blueprint?
• South Africa in a Post-Colonial World: Modernising or Eroding Apartheid?
• From Vorster to Botha: New Departure or Militarised Cul de Sac?
• The Pursuit of a Negotiated Settlement: Choice or Necessity?
• The Unexpected Transition to Majority Rule: Analysing a Miracle?
• The Worldwide Anti-Apartheid Movement: Peripheral or Crucial?
• Conclusion: Taking the Long View on Apartheid's Demise.