The Politics of Necessity: Community Organizing and Democracy in South Africa

by Elke Zuern

The end of apartheid in South Africa broke down political barriers, extending to all races the formal rights of citizenship, including the right to participate in free elections and parliamentary democracy. But South Africa remains one of the most economically polarized nations in the world. In The Politics of Necessity Elke Zuern forcefully argues that working toward greater socio-economic equality--access to food, housing, land, jobs--is...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0299250148
• ISBN13: 9780299250140
• Release Date: February 2011
• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 9.0"