Looking at anti-apartheid as part of the history of present global politics, this book provides the first comparative analysis of different sections of thetransnational anti-apartheid movement. The author emphasizes the importance of a historical perspective on political cultures, social movements, and globalcivil society. INDICE: Acknowledgements - List of Abbreviations - Prologue: Apartheid as a Dark Side of Modernity - Introduction: Anti-Apartheid, The Media and 'New Social Movements' - Beyond Eurocentrism - PART I: ANTI-APARTHEID IN GLOBAL CONTEXT - Narratives of Transnational Anti-Apartheid Activism - The Globalization of the Anti-Apartheid Movement - National Politics in a Global Context: Anti-Apartheid in Britain and Sweden - The Struggle Over Information and Interpretation - PART II: PUBLIC DEBATES ON APARTHEID/ANTI-APARTHEID IN BRITAIN AND SWEDEN1960-90 - Beginnings: Sharpeville and the Boycott Debates - Sports as Politics: The Battle of Båstad and 'Stops the 70's Tour' - 'A New Black Militancy' - Before and After the Soweto Uprising - Sharpeville Revisited and the Release of Nelson Mandela - Conclusion: Anti-Apartheid and the Emergence of a Global Civil Society - Epilogue: The Legacy of Anti-Apartheid - Notes - References - Interviews - Index
- ISBN: 978-0-230-23496-3
- Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 272
- Fecha Publicación: 03/07/2009
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés