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The Collapse of Apartheid and the Dawn of Democracy in South Africa, 1993
by John C. Eby & Fred Morton
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The game focuses on the problem of transitioning a society conditioned to profound inequalities and harsh political repression into a more democratic, egalitarian system. Students will ponder carefully the meaning of democracy as a concept and may find that justice and equality are not always comfortable partners with liberty. While for the majority of South Africans, universal suffrage was a symbol of new democratic beginnings, it seemed to threaten the lives, families, and livelihoods of minorities and parties outside the African National Congress coalition. These deep tensions in the nature of democracy pose important questions about the character of justice and the best mechanisms for reaching national decisions.
Free supplementary materials for this textbook are available at the Reacting to the Past website. Visit https: //reacting.barnard.edu/instructor-resources, click on the RTTP Game Library link, and create a free account to download what is available.
The game focuses on the problem of transitioning a society conditioned to profound inequalities and harsh political repression into a more democratic, egalitarian system. Students will ponder carefully the meaning of democracy as a concept and may find that justice and equality are not always comfortable partners with liberty. While for the majority of South Africans, universal suffrage was a symbol of new democratic beginnings, it seemed to threaten the lives, families, and livelihoods of minorities and parties outside the African National Congress coalition. These deep tensions in the nature of democracy pose important questions about the character of justice and the best mechanisms for reaching national decisions.
Free supplementary materials for this textbook are available at the Reacting to the Past website. Visit https: //reacting.barnard.edu/instructor-resources, click on the RTTP Game Library link, and create a free account to download what is available.
Paperback
$30.00