African struggles today : social movements since independence /
Leo Zeilig and Peter Dwyer.
- Chicago, Ill. : Haymarket Books ; [Minneapolis, Minn.] : 2012.
- x, 293 p. ; 20 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Social movements and the working class in Africa -- An epoch of upri sings : social movements in postcolonial Africa, 1945/98 -- Cracks in t he monolith : social movements in post-apartheid South Africa -- Social movements after the transition : choiceless democracies? -- Frustrated transitions : social movements, protest, and repression in the Democra tic Republic of Congo, Zimbabwe, and Swaziland -- Social forums and the World Social Forum in Africa.
9781608461202 (alk. paper)
2012-023890
Social movements Social movements--Africa, Southern. Civil society--Africa, Sub-Saharan. Democratization--Africa, Sub-Saharan. Capitalism--Social aspects--Africa, Sub-Saharan.