The Black and White Rainbow: Reconciliation, Opposition, and Nation-Building in Democratic South Africa

by Carolyn Holmes and Carolyn E. Holmes

Book Overview

Nation-building imperatives compel citizens to focus on what makes them similar and what binds them together, forgetting what makes them different. Democratic institution building, on the other hand, requires fostering opposition through conducting multiparty elections and encouraging debate. Leaders of democratic factions, like parties or interest groups, can consolidate their power by emphasizing difference. But when held in tension, these two impulses--toward...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0472054635
• ISBN13: 9780472054633
• Release Date: October 2020
• Publisher: University of Michigan Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"