Framing the Race in South Africa: The Political Origins of Racial Census Elections

by Karen E. Ferree

Book Overview

Post-apartheid South African elections have borne an unmistakable racial imprint: Africans vote for one set of parties, whites support a different set of parties, and with few exceptions, there is no crossover voting between groups. These voting tendencies have solidified the dominance of the ruling African National Congress (ANC) over South African politics and turned South African elections into "racial censuses." This book explores the political...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521765099
• ISBN13: 9780521765091
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.3" x 9.2"