The ANC Youth League by Clive Glaser

The ANC Youth League by Clive Glaser

This brilliant little book tells the story of the African National Congress (ANC) Youth League from its origins in the 1940s to the present and the controversies over Julius Malema and his influence in contemporary youth politics.

"Glaser shows that while the impact of the Youth League has ebbed and flowed, black South Africa youth have shaped the nation's politics in fundamental waysAuthoritative, streamlined, and highly readable, this book deserves a wide readership." (African Studies Quarterly) "Glaser's book provides a well-written analysis of the competition between ideologies and strategies within the ANC. … Throughout, Glaser highlights the tensions between those leaders who stood for ideological purity as Africanists and those who gravitated to a more pragmatic approach that stressed ideological pluralism. …[He] …perceptively [analyzes] the ways in which South African youth have ignited and fueled the nationalist cause in South Africa over the last seventy-five years." (African Studies Review) "As Clive Glaser notes in his nuanced and lively account, the [ANC] Youth League have, at certain times, played a pivotal role in shaping policy in its parent organisation. For Glaser, the rise of the YL needs to be seen in the context of the broader political and economic landscape of industrialisation and urbanisation, when 'the townships of Johannesburg became an extraordinary melting pot of young, educated Africans'…This book is sure to become required reading for students and scholars of youth politics in South Africa and the continent more widely." (Journal of African History)

Clive Glaser lectures in History at Witwatersrand University, South Africa. He has published widely on the history of youth politics, youth culture, crime and sexuality in South Africa. He is the author of Bo-Tsotsi: The Youth Gangs of Soweto 1935-1976 and co-author of Challenge and Victory, 1980-1990, volume 6 in the series From Protest to Challenge, A Documentary History of African Politics in South Africa, 1882-1990 (2010).

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ISBN 13	9780821420447
ISBN 10	0821420445
Title	The ANC Youth League
Author	Clive Glaser
Series	Ohio Short Histories Of Africa
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Ohio University Press
Year published	2013-04-10
Number of pages	172
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