The National Liberation Struggle in South Africa

A Case Study of the United Democratic Front, 1983-87

Gregory F. Houston (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

299 Seiten

2020
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-33651-3 (ISBN)

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First published in 1999, this volume follows the interactions between the United Democratic Front (UDF) and the African National Congress (ANC) and Pan Africanist Congress (PAC), which had adopted more revolutionary strategies after their banning in 1960, over the period 1983-87. Only a few studies of the UDF have aimed to link revolutionary developments in 1980s South Africa with theories of revolutionary strategy and tactics. This volume focuses on the relation between revolutionary theory, praxis and the formation, aims, policies and practices of the UDF. Houston argues that the formulation of the UDF met certain strategic and tactical requirement of Lenin and Gramsci’s theories of revolutionary strategy, repositioning the UDF as becoming a Leninist vanguard party, with its affiliate membership operating largely underground. The volume features 6 detailed maps of the Cape Town area, the Republic of South Africa in the 1980s, the Johannesburg area, the Durban area, the Pretoria area and the Northern Transvaal.

Gregory F. Houston

1. Introduction. 2. The United Front and Revolutionary Strategy and Tactics in South Africa. 3. Popular Struggles and the Growth of Community Organisations, 1960 to 1983. 4. The Formation, Policies and Aims, and Strategy and Tactics of the United Democratic Front. 5. Membership of the United Democratic Front. 6. Student and Youth Organisations. 7. Trade Union Organisations. 8. Civic Organisations. 9. Women’s Organisations. 10. Conclusion.

Erscheinungsdatum	24.11.2020
Reihe/Serie	Routledge Revivals
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	150 x 220 mm
Gewicht	590 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Vergleichende Politikwissenschaften
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
ISBN-10	1-138-33651-3 / 1138336513
ISBN-13	978-1-138-33651-3 / 9781138336513
Zustand	Neuware