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Zeilig, Leo.

African struggles today : social movements since independence / Leo Zeilig and Peter Dwyer. - Chicago, Ill. : Haymarket Books ; $a [Minneapolis, Minn.] : 2012. - x, 293 p. ; 20 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Social movements and the working class in Africa -- An epoch of uprisings : social movements in postcolonial Africa, 1945/98 -- Cracks in the monolith : social movements in post-apartheid South Africa -- Social movements after the transition : choiceless democracies? -- Frustrated transitions : social movements, protest, and repression in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Zimbabwe, and Swaziland -- Social forums and the World Social Forum in Africa.

ISBN: 9781608461202 (alk. paper)

LCCN: 2012023890

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Social movements--Africa, Southern.
Social movements--Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Post-apartheid era--Africa, Southern.
Civil society--Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Democratization--Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Capitalism--Social aspects--Africa, Sub-Saharan.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Africa, Southern--Social conditions--1994-
Africa, Sub-Saharan--Social conditions--1960-

LC Class. No.: HN800.A8 / Z45 2012

Dewey Class. No.: 322.4/40968