Why Race Matters in South Africa

by Michael MacDonald

Book Overview

This book tells the story of how the transition to democracy in South Africa enfranchised blacks politically but without raising most of them from poverty. It shows in detail how the continuing strength of the white establishment forces the leaders of the African National Congress (ANC) to compromise plans for full political and economic transformation. Deferring the economic transformation, the new dispensation nurtures a small black elite. The...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674063899
• ISBN13: 9780674063891
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.3"