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| Title: | Comrade Minister
: The South African Communist Party & the Transition from Apartheid to Democracy |
| Author: | Simon Adams |
| ISBN: | 1560728949 : 9781560728948 |
| Illustrations: | tables |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Size: | 180x260mm |
| Pages: | 247 |
| Weight: | .735 Kg. |
| Published: | Nova Science Publishers - February 2001 |
| List Price: | 49.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: | In Print |
| Subjects: | POLITICS & GOVERNMENT: Republic of South Africa |
This is something of a historical anomaly. In an era when communist organisations have crumbled, the SACP emerged in 1990 from years of exile to build an organisation of some 75,000 members by 1995. Some of its leading cadre entered South Africa's first democratically elected government as members of the African National Congress and the SACP is arguably one of the most influential and powerful Communist Parties in the western world. This book analyses social and political contradictions unique to South Africa, which have given rise to such a situation and attempts to explain the historical role of the SACP within the South African liberation movement. Specifically, the book looks at the role of the SACP in the transition from apartheid to democracy and from exile to government. While theoretically rigorous, Comrade Minister is also accessible to members of the general public with an interest in South Africa's much celebrated democratic transition.
