About the Book
Despite two decades of electoral success and political power, the African National Congress today faces unprecedented tests. The national and provincial elections in 2014 demonstrated the glowing vulnerability of the movement to defeat. Controversies now surround the ANC�s candidate selection processes and leadership elections, its membership systems and money-fuelled politics. As a party of government, the ANC has found itself unable to sustain coherent economic and developmental policies.
The contributors to this book explore how once-dominant political parties in India, Mexico, Malyasia and Taiwan have adapted to defeat or to the threat of it. They also investigate the lessons that can be learned from influential role models in Brazil and China. The book concludes with an assessment of the key challenges that ANC reformers will frankly need to confront if they are to undertake a successful programme of party renewal.
About the Author
Anthony Butler is Professor of Political Studies at the University of Cape Town. He has been a fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and director of the politics and administration programme at Birkbeck College, University of London. He is the author of Cyril Ramaphosa (Jacana and James Currey) and writes a regular column for Business Day (Johannesburg).
