02962cam a2200445 a 4500 16443438 BJBSDDR 20250130154730.0 ta 100901s2004 enkb b 001 0 eng 2010502577 9780333715192 (pbk.) 0333715195 (pbk.) DLC DLC DLC eng eng pcc f-sa--- 545 DT 1975 B985c 2004 968 Butler, Anthony, 1964- 40330 Contemporary South Africa / Anthony Butler. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2004. xii, 187 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm. Contemporary states and societies Includes bibliographical references and index. Historical context A rainbow nation The South African economy Social structure and social policy Government Political life Culture, ideas, and issues South Africa and the world South Africa in the twenty-first century "Contemporary South Africa is a wide-ranging and thought-provoking introduction to the social, political, cultural and economic life of contemporary South Africa and its changing role in the world -- all set in the context of its history and character as a 'rainbow nation'. Under President Nelson Mandela, South Africans put behind them the political oppression and comprehensive racial segregation of apartheid. Predictions that civil war and racial conflict would ensue have proven unfounded. South Africa has instead undergone a remarkable social and political renewal, while the economy and system of government have weathered a decade of international turmoil. The country is for the first time playing a constructive role in the troubled African continent. Twenty first century South Africa, however, faces a host of social and economic challenges: unemployment, crime and violence, and an HIV/AIDS epidemic that threatens social cohesion. An electorally unassailable African National Congress, ambivalent about political pluralism and an open society, leaves even the future of South Africa's hard-won democracy uncertain. Book jacket."--Jacket South Africa Politics and government 1994- Sudáfrica Política y gobierno 1994- 3655 South Africa Economic conditions 1991- Sudáfrica Condiciones económicas 1991- 40331 South Africa Social conditions 1994- Sudáfrica Condiciones sociales 1994- 40332 South Africa Race relations 21st century. Sudáfrica Relaciones raciales Siglo XXI 25939 Contemporary states and societies 2749 7 cbc orignew 2 ncip 20 y-gencatlg lcc BK 32888 32888 0 0 lcc 0 0 RR BJB BJB RR 2023-04-10 0 545 DT 1975 B985c 2004 00000069738 2018-10-23 00:00:00 1 2018-10-23 BK