Dwyer, Peter Zeilig, Leo

African struggles today : social movements since independence / Peter Dwyer and Leo Zeilig. - Chicago : Haymarket Books, 2012. - 293p. Pbk

Includes bibliographical references and index.



Social movements and the working class in Africa -- An epoch of uprisings : social movements in postcolonial Africa, 1945/98 -- Cracks in the monolith : social movements in post-apartheid South Africa -- Social movements after the transition : choiceless democracies? -- Frustrated transitions : social movements, protest, and repression in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Zimbabwe, and Swaziland -- Social forums and the World Social Forum in Africa.

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Africa, Southern - Social conditions - 1994-
Democratization - Africa, Sub-Saharan
Post-apartheid era - Africa, Southern
Civil society - Africa, Sub-Saharan
Africa, Sub-Saharan - Social conditions - 1960-
Social movements - Africa, Sub-Saharan
Capitalism - Social aspects - Africa, Sub-Saharan
Social movements - Africa, Southern

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