Dominance and Decline: The Anc in the Time of Zuma - Brossura

Booysen, Susan

Brossura

ISBN 10: 186814884X ISBN 13: 9781868148844

Casa editrice: Witwatersrand Univ Pr, 2015

Riassunto

As Jacob Zuma moves into the twilight years of his presidencies of both the African National Congress (ANC) and of South Africa, this book takes stock of the Zuma-led administration and its impact on the ANC. Dominance and Decline: The ANC in the Time of Zuma combines hard-hitting arguments with astute analysis. Susan Booysen shows how the ANC has become centred on the personage of Zuma, and that its defence of his extremely flawed leadership undermines the party's capacity to govern competently, and to protect its long term future. Following on from her first book, The African National Congress and the Regeneration of Power (2011), Booysen delves deeper into the four faces of power that characterise the ANC. Her principal argument is that the state is failing as the president's interests increasingly supersede those of party and state. Organisationally, the ANC has become a hegemon riven by factions, as the internal blocs battle for core positions of power and control. Meanwhile, the Zuma-controlled ANC has witnessed the implosion of the tripartite alliance and decimation of its youth, women's and veterans' leagues. Electorally, the leading party has been ceding ground to increasingly assertive opposition parties. And on the policy front, it is faltering through poor implementation and a regurgitation of old ideas. As Zuma's replacements start competing and succession politics take shape, Booysen considers whether the ANC will recover from the damage wrought under Zuma's reign and attain its former glory. Ultimately, she believes that while the damage is irrevocable, the electorate may still reward the ANC for transcending the Zuma years. This is a must-have reference book on the development of the modern ANC. With rigour and incisiveness, Booysen offers scholars and researchers a coherent framework for considering future patterns in the ANC and its hold on political power.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Susan Booysen is a political analyst and commentator, and Professor at the School of Governance, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. She is the author of The ANC and the Regeneration of Political Power (2011) and The March on Mangaung. Booysen is one of South Africa's foremost political commentators and analysts, and writes a regular column for the Sunday Independent.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Witwatersrand Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2015
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 186814884X
• ISBN 13: 9781868148844
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 324
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• Persona responsabile: non disponibile