James L. Gibson, Amanda Gouws, Gibson James L.

Overcoming Intolerance in South Africa

Experiments in Democratic Persuasion

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Produktbeschreibung

Overcoming Intolerance in South Africa investigates the degree to which the political culture of South Africa - the beliefs, values, and attitudes toward politics held by ordinary people impedes or promotes the consolidation of democratic reform. One set of values is of particular concern in this study - political tolerance. The authors contend that political tolerance is a crucial element of democratic political cultures in general, but that in the case of polyglot South Africa, tolerance is perhaps more important than any other democratic value.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. April 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 611g
• ISBN-13: 9780521813907
• ISBN-10: 0521813905
• Artikelnr.: 21986720

Autorenporträt

James L. Gibson is Sidney W. Souers Professor of Government at Washington University in St. Louis. He has published four books and numerous articles on mass behavior and democratization in the United States, Europe, and Africa. He has recently held visiting research and teaching positions at the University of Stellenbosch (South Africa), the Institute for Social Justice and Reconciliation (South Africa), and the Russell Sage Foundation.

Inhaltsangabe

List of tables and figures
Preface
Part I. Introduction: 1. Political tolerance in the New South Africa
2. The South African context
Part II. South African Intolerance as It Is: 3. The nature of political intolerance in South Africa
4. Social identities, threat perceptions and political intolerance
5. Making tolerance judgements: the effect of context, local and national
Part III. South African Intolerance as It Might Be: 6. The persuasibility of tolerance and intolerance
7. The law and legal institutions as agents of persuasion
8. Becoming tolerant? Short-term changes in South African political culture
9. Conclusions: experimenting with tolerance in the New South Africa
Appendix: research design and methodology
References
Index.