African National Congress and Participatory Democracy

Heidi Brooks is Senior Lecturer in Political and International Studies at IIE MSA and Senior Research Associate at the Centre for Social Change, University of Johannesburg, South Africa. She has produced several publications on the development of democratic thought in the ANC and on conceptions of democracy in South Africa.

• 1. Introduction: A Battle of Ideas.- 2.  Participation in the History of ANC Democratic Thought.- 3. Discourses of ‘People’s Power’.- 4. The People Shall Govern: The Codification of Ideas.- 5.  Post-1994 Policy and Movement Discourse.- 6. Conclusion: The Power of Ideas.