Anti-Apartheid and the Emergence of a Global Civil Society [Paperback]

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.Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Prologue: Apartheid as a Dark Side of Modernity Introduction: Anti-Apartheid, The Media and 'New Social Movements' - Beyond Eurocentrism PART I: ANTI-APARTHEID IN GLOBAL CONTEXT Narratives of Transnational Anti-Apartheid Activism The Globalization of the Anti-Apartheid Movement National Politics in a Global Context: Anti-Apartheid in Britain and Sweden The Struggle Over Information and Interpretation PART II: PUBLIC DEBATES ON APARTHEID/ANTI-APARTHEID IN BRITAIN AND SWEDEN 1960-90 Beginnings: Sharpeville and the Boycott Debates Sports as Politics: The Battle of B?stad and 'Stops the 70's Tour' 'A New Black Militancy' - Before and After the Soweto Uprising Sharpeville Revisited and the Release of Nelson Mandela Conclusion: Anti-Apartheid and the Emergence of a Global Civil Society Epilogue: The Legacy of Anti-Apartheid Notes References Interviews Index

'H?kan Th?rn's powerful history of the anti-apartheid movement shows us how it was at once one of the most successful transnational campaigns in history, and at the same time how it produced a new globalization of politics, marked by the emergence of transnational networks of solidarity around issues of universal justice, equality and human rights. Th?rn shows how the anti-apartheid movement was the most important of the social movements that have led to the construction of an active global civil society. The apartheid movement thus stands today as the historical model for the production of forms of contemporary collective action and solidarity in the new social movements - the first occurrence of what might be called a new Fifth International.' - RoberlS¯