TY  - GEN
T1  - In the shadow of Mandela : political leadership in South Africa
A1  - Johnston, Alexander
LA  - English
PP  - London
PB  - I.B. Tauris
YR  - 2020
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_on1135271339
AB  - "This outstanding and original work goes to the heart of South Africa's political problems - doubts as to the sustainability of the post-apartheid settlement, beset with divisions in the ruling ANC, factionalism, corruption and the widening of fault-lines in state and society. The'leadership issue'has become key and this will be the first specific examination of leadership in the light of Mandela's legacy and its effect on his successor as potential and actual leaders - all in'the shadow of Mandela'as the architect of the transition from apartheid to democracy, and with overarching moral authority and international reputation. Alexander Johnston shows how his successors are judged against Mandela's achievements, including the potentially impressive'lost'leaders and concentrating on his immediate successors, Thabo Mbeki and Jacob Zuma. The book concludes with an in-depth assessment of new president Cyril Ramaphosa's potential to be a leader for a'new dawn'. This is an objective and critical work by a close observer who acknowledges the achievement of South African leadership but is acutely aware of the doubts as to the sustainability of South Africa's hard won democratic settlement. An essential read for all readers interested in leadership and in the traumatic history and future of Africa's leading state, as the continent rises to global importance"--Provided by publisher.
OP  - 369
CN  - DT1182 .J64 2020eb
SN  - 178831770X
SN  - 9781788317702
SN  - 1784539538
SN  - 9781784539535
SN  - 9781788317696
KW  - Mandela, Nelson, : 1918-2013.
KW  - Mandela, Nelson, : 1918-2013
KW  - Political leadership : South Africa.
KW  - South Africa : Politics and government.
KW  - Afrique du Sud : Politique et gouvernement.
KW  - Political leadership
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - South Africa
ER  -