The African National Congress and participatory democracy : from people's power to public policy / Heidi Brooks.
2020
JQ1998.A4
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Title
The African National Congress and participatory democracy : from people's power to public policy / Heidi Brooks.
Author
Brooks, Heidi.
ISBN
9783030257446
3030257444
9783030257439
3030257436
3030257444
9783030257439
3030257436
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Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, ©2020.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (255 pages)
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JQ1998.A4
Dewey Decimal Classification
324.268
Summary
This 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.
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Theories, concepts and practices of democracy.
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Table of Contents
1. 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.
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.