Alexander Johnston is a research associate of the University of KwaZulu-Natal, where he was Professor of Political Science from 1994 to 2002. Subsequently he was Senior Associate at the Centre for Development and Enterprise in Johannesburg. He currently works as a political risk consultant.

Alexander Johnston has written a carefully thought-out and impeccable tour de force of sober and sobering analysis. He diagnoses every aspect of the contemporary South African condition with a care and commitment to research and balance that makes other scholars feel ashamed. This is without doubt the best book on South Africa since it attained majority rule.

• Introduction: The problem of nationalism in post-apartheid South AfricaPart I: The raw material of nation-building1. Who are South Africans?Part II: Nationalism and the end of apartheid2. Legacies3. Improvising the nation: 1990-96Part III: Beyond the improvised nation4. Over the rainbow: from Mandela to Mbeki5. From reconciliation to social cohesionPart IV: South Africa today: coming together or falling apart?6. Do South Africans have a shared life?7. The spectre of anomie: deviance and national citizenship8. Nation-building 20 years onConclusion: The problem of nationalism in South Africa todayGlossaryBibliographyIndex

Alexander Johnston is a research associate of the University of KwaZulu-Natal, where he was Professor of Political Science from 1994 to 2002. Subsequently he was Senior Associate at the Centre for Development and Enterprise in Johannesburg. He currently works as a political risk consultant.

Alexander Johnston has written a carefully thought-out and impeccable tour de force of sober and sobering analysis. He diagnoses every aspect of the contemporary South African condition with a care and commitment to research and balance that makes other scholars feel ashamed. This is without doubt the best book on South Africa since it attained majority rule.

• Introduction: The problem of nationalism in post-apartheid South AfricaPart I: The raw material of nation-building1. Who are South Africans?Part II: Nationalism and the end of apartheid2. Legacies3. Improvising the nation: 1990-96Part III: Beyond the improvised nation4. Over the rainbow: from Mandela to Mbeki5. From reconciliation to social cohesionPart IV: South Africa today: coming together or falling apart?6. Do South Africans have a shared life?7. The spectre of anomie: deviance and national citizenship8. Nation-building 20 years onConclusion: The problem of nationalism in South Africa todayGlossaryBibliographyIndex

Alexander Johnston is a research associate of the University of KwaZulu-Natal, where he was Professor of Political Science from 1994 to 2002. Subsequently he was Senior Associate at the Centre for Development and Enterprise in Johannesburg. He currently works as a political risk consultant.

Alexander Johnston has written a carefully thought-out and impeccable tour de force of sober and sobering analysis. He diagnoses every aspect of the contemporary South African condition with a care and commitment to research and balance that makes other scholars feel ashamed. This is without doubt the best book on South Africa since it attained majority rule.

• Introduction: The problem of nationalism in post-apartheid South AfricaPart I: The raw material of nation-building1. Who are South Africans?Part II: Nationalism and the end of apartheid2. Legacies3. Improvising the nation: 1990-96Part III: Beyond the improvised nation4. Over the rainbow: from Mandela to Mbeki5. From reconciliation to social cohesionPart IV: South Africa today: coming together or falling apart?6. Do South Africans have a shared life?7. The spectre of anomie: deviance and national citizenship8. Nation-building 20 years onConclusion: The problem of nationalism in South Africa todayGlossaryBibliographyIndex