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Overcoming intolerance in South Africa : = experiments in democratic persuasion /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Overcoming intolerance in South Africa :/ James L. Gibson, Amanda Gouws.
Reminder of title:	experiments in democratic persuasion /
Author:	Gibson, James L.,
other author:	Gouws, Amanda,
Description:	1 online resource (xvi, 262 pages) :digital, PDF file(s). :
Notes:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Subject:	Political culture - South Africa. -
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511550331
ISBN:	9780511550331 (ebook)

Overcoming intolerance in South Africa : = experiments in democratic persuasion /
Gibson, James L.,1951-

Overcoming intolerance in South Africa :experiments in democratic persuasion /James L. Gibson, Amanda Gouws. - 1 online resource (xvi, 262 pages) :digital, PDF file(s). - Cambridge studies in public opinion and political psychology. - Cambridge studies in public opinion and political psychology..

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Political tolerance in new South Africa -- The South African context -- South African Intolerance As It Is -- The nature of political intolerance in South Africa -- Social identities, threat perceptions, and political tolerance -- Making tolerance judgments: the effect of context, local and national -- South African Intolerance As It Might Be -- The pliability of tolerance and intolerance -- The law and legal institutions as agents of persuasion -- Becoming tolerant? Short-term changes in South African political culture -- Conclusions: experimenting with tolerance in New South Africa.

Overcoming Intolerance in South Africa investigates the degree to which the political culture of South Africa - the beliefs, values, and attitudes toward politics held by ordinary people - impedes or promotes the consolidation of democratic reform. One set of values is of particular concern in this study - political tolerance. The authors contend that political tolerance is a crucial element of democratic political cultures in general, but that in the South African case, tolerance is perhaps more important than any other democratic value. Since South Africa is one of the most polyglot countries in the world, the only viable strategy for survival is tolerance toward the political views of others. The overwhelming emphasis throughout this book is on finding ways to enhance the willingness of South Africans to 'put up with' their political enemies, to allow open and widespread political competition, and to coexist in their diversity.

ISBN: 9780511550331 (ebook)Subjects--Topical Terms:

799141
Political culture
--South Africa.

LC Class. No.: JQ1981 / .G53 2003

Dewey Class. No.: 306.2/0968

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