Anti Apartheid and the Emergence of a Global Civil Society 1st edition by Håkan Thörn ISBN 0230234968 9780230234963

Anti Apartheid and the Emergence of a Global Civil Society 1st edition by Håkan Thörn ISBN 0230234968 9780230234963

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ISBN 10: 0230234968
ISBN 13: 9780230234963
Author: Håkan Thörn

Looking at anti-apartheid as part of the history of present global politics, this book provides the first comparative analysis of different sections of the transnational anti-apartheid movement. The author emphasizes the importance of a historical perspective on political cultures, social movements, and global civil society.

Anti-Apartheid and the Emergence of a Global Civil Society 1st Table of contents:

Part I Anti-Apartheid in Global Context

1 Narratives of Transnational Anti-Apartheid Activism

Introduction: transnational activists and historical experiences

The activist public official

The activist priest

The exile activist

The movement organizer

The movement intellectual

Conclusion: transnational activism and its contexts

2 The Globalization of the Anti-Apartheid Movement

Introduction: transnational collective action and globalization

Transnationalism and its tensions: liberation movements, solidarity networks and 'the struggle withi

ANC, PAC and the armed struggle

Sanctions, boycotts and constructive engagement

Black Consciousness Movement, the IUEF and 'Operation Daisy'

Naming the movement

Political globalization from above

Conclusion: anti-apartheid as globalization from below

3 National Politics in a Global Context: Anti-Apartheid in Britain and Sweden

Introduction: national politics in a global context

The legacy of the Empire

Nationalism as internationalism

The state and other enemies

Ambivalent relations: the state as friend and foe

The 'image of respectability' versus the 'consensus culture' of the People's Home

Conflicting agendas

The worker's movement and the legacies of socialism/ communism

Dealing with diversity

Conclusion: radical or respectable?

4 The Struggle over Information and Interpretation

Introduction: the importance of media and information

Apartheid media strategies

Media activism and information networks

Approaching established media

Commitment and journalism: in between movement and media

The movement as a stage - protest simulacra and the turn to cultural politics

Conclusion: technology and solidarity

Part II Public Debates on Apartheid/ Anti-Apartheid in Britain and Sweden 1960-90

5 Beginnings: Sharpeville and the Boycott Debates

Introduction: the role of Sharpeville as a media event

Boycott News

Boycott debates

Sharpeville in the news: 'learning the lesson the hard way'

'To civilize the African'

Conclusion: framing the struggle

6 Sports as Politics: The Battle of Bastad and 'Stop the 70s Tour'

Introduction: student activism and sports as politics

May 1968: the Battle in Bastad

Stop the 70s Tour

The quest for order

Conclusion: direct action versus 'law and order'

7 'A New Black Militancy'- Before and after the Soweto Uprising

Introduction: Tutu's 'nightmarish fear'

'A new black militancy'

Soweto in the media: 'It's no good firing over their heads'

'An insupportable tyranny'

Conclusion: increasing polarization

8 Sharpeville Revisited and the Release of Nelson Mandela

The 'total strategy' and the rise of the UDF

'Take your bloody money and go'

Langa in the press: 'an uncanny resemblance of Sharpeville'

'Which black opposition?'

The release of Mandela

Conclusion: the beginning of the end

Conclusion: Anti-Apartheid and the Emergence of a Global Civil Society

Not an easy affair

Organizing and mobilizing transnational anti-apartheid

Mediated interaction and information politics

Mobility- travel and exile

An imagined community of solidarity activists

The emergence of a global civil society

The meaning(s) of solidarity

Epilogue: The Legacy of Anti-Apartheid

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