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South Africa's Struggle for Human Rights.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Ohio Short Histories of Africa SeriesPublisher: Athens, OH : Ohio University Press, 2012Copyright date: ©2012Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (88 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780821444405
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: South Africa's Struggle for Human RightsDDC classification:
  • 323.0968
LOC classification:
  • JC599.S5D83 2012
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Burgher republicanism and colonialism -- 3 Humanitarianism -- 4 Liberalism and its challenges -- 5 Segregationism -- 6 The Second World War and its aftermath -- 7 Anti-apartheid -- 8 Internationalising rights -- 9 The embrace of human rights -- 10 Setting the new nation to rights -- Notes -- Index.
Summary: The human rights movement in South Africa's transition to a postapartheid democracy has been widely celebrated as a triumph for global human rights. It was a key aspect of the political transition, often referred to as a miracle, which brought majority rule and democracy to South Africa.
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Intro -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Burgher republicanism and colonialism -- 3 Humanitarianism -- 4 Liberalism and its challenges -- 5 Segregationism -- 6 The Second World War and its aftermath -- 7 Anti-apartheid -- 8 Internationalising rights -- 9 The embrace of human rights -- 10 Setting the new nation to rights -- Notes -- Index.

The human rights movement in South Africa's transition to a postapartheid democracy has been widely celebrated as a triumph for global human rights. It was a key aspect of the political transition, often referred to as a miracle, which brought majority rule and democracy to South Africa.

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