Liberation Movements in Power

ROGER SOUTHALL is Emeritus Professor in Sociology, University of the Witwatersrand and Professorial Research Associate, Department of Politics and International Studies, SOAS. His books include Liberation Movements in Power: Party and State in Southern Africa (2013), The New Black Middle Class in South Africa (2016) and Whites and Democracy in South Africa 2022). ROGER SOUTHALL is Emeritus Professor in Sociology, University of the Witwatersrand and Professorial Research Associate, Department of Politics and International Studies, SOAS. His books include Liberation Movements in Power: Party and State in Southern Africa (2013), The New Black Middle Class in South Africa (2016) and Whites and Democracy in South Africa 2022).

An important achievement in particular for its synthetic vision and persuasive overall argument.

• Introduction: Analysing Liberation Movements as Governments - Roger SouthallSettler Colonialism in Southern Africa - Roger SouthallThe Evolution of the Liberation Movements - Roger SouthallThe War for Southern Africa - Roger SouthallContradictions of Victory - Roger SouthallLiberation Movements and Elections - Roger SouthallLiberation Movements and the State - Roger SouthallLiberation Movements and Society - Roger SouthallLiberation Movements and Economic Transformation - Roger SouthallThe Party State, Class Formation and the Decline of Ideology - Roger SouthallFueling the Party Machines - Roger SouthallThe Mafia State? The ANC under Jacob Zuma - Roger SouthallConclusion: The Slow Death of the Liberation Movements - Roger Southall