Blending in the Rainbow Nation

The Racial Integration of Schools and Its Implications for Reconciliation in Post-Apartheid South Africa

Krisztina Tihanyi (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

160 Seiten

2006
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-0-7391-1245-8 (ISBN)

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Blending in the Rainbow Nation takes a critical and detailed look at the young generation in post-Apartheid South Africa and examines ways in which members of the group relate to and engage with the post-Apartheid process of social and political reconciliation. To investigate whether and to what extent such processes are in fact taking place, Tihanyi focuses on the institution of the school, each one carefully chosen to represent the full range of economic and racial diversity present in the Cape Town area of South Africa. Based on ethnographic fieldwork, this book presents the schools through vignettes rich in detail, which in turn feeds into an analysis of the success and failures of racial integration and the consequent impact of these processes on reconciliation. In addition to presenting an analysis of the present situation, this wonderfully clear and well-written work also proposes potential solutions to some of the current challenges being faced.

Krisztina Tihanyi is a Visiting Scholar in Cornell University's Peace Studies Program and Chief Operating Officer for Market Matters, Inc. (Ithaca, NY). She holds a Ph.D. in Anthropology from Cornell University.

Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Relevant historical and contemporary settings
Chapter 3 Portraits of integration
Chapter 4 Assessing Integration
Chapter 5 Can integration lead to reconciliation?
Chapter 6 Appendix 1: Desegregation in the United States

Erscheint lt. Verlag	22.6.2006
Sprache	englisch
Maße	180 x 236 mm
Gewicht	372 g
Themenwelt	Sonstiges ► Geschenkbücher
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	0-7391-1245-7 / 0739112457
ISBN-13	978-0-7391-1245-8 / 9780739112458
Zustand	Neuware