TY - BOOK AU - Johnston,Alexander TI - South Africa: inventing the nation SN - 9781780932705 (pbk.) AV - DT1945 .J64 2014 U1 - 320.968 23 KW - Nation-building KW - South Africa KW - Nationalism KW - Politics and government KW - 1989-1994 KW - 1994- N1 - Includes bibliographical references(pages 333-343) and index; Introduction: The problem of nationalism in post-apartheid South africa --; The raw material of nation-building --; Who are South Africans? --; Nationalism and the end of apartheid --; Legacies --; Improvising the nation, 1990-96 --; Beyond the improvised nation --; Over the rainbow : from Mandela to Mbeki --; From reconciliation to social cohesion --; South Africa today : coming together or falling apart? --; Do South Africans have a shared life? --; The spectre of anomie : deviance and national citizenship --; Nation-building 20 years on --; Conclusion: the problem of nationalism in South Africa today ER -