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Overcoming Intolerance in South Africa

Experiments in Democratic Persuasion

Av James L. Gibson, Amanda Gouws

Del i serien Cambridge Studies in Public Opinion and Political Psychology

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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 South African case, tolerance is perhaps more important than any other democratic value. Since South Africa is one of the most polyglot countries in the world, the only viable strategy for survival is tolerance toward the political views of others. The overwhelming emphasis throughout this book is on finding ways to enhance the willingness of South Africans to 'put up with' their political enemies, to allow open and widespread political competition, and to coexist in their diversity.
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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. Amanda Gouws is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Stellenbosch. She has been involved in numerous survey research projects in South Africa and has published academic articles on political tolerance, the electoral system, and gender politics in South Africa.

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'The irony of politics is that people may behave in an intolerant manner at a certain level, while being tolerant at another. Despite these complexities, the book successfully raises deep questions surrounding one of the prime qualities required of democratic culture. It ventures into new terrain in the context of South Africa, and it is bound to influence the mode of enquiry into this subject. It is a stimulating and thoughtful projection of how the post-apartheid South Africa looks and how it ought to be.' Politikon: South African Journal of Political Studies

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