The Roots of Participatory Democracy: Democratic Communists in South Africa and Kerala, India

This book compares the Communist parties of India and South Africa in their pursuits of socialist democracy. Williams looks at their organizational characteristics, party history, and their competing tendencies, as well as how they have pushed forward their similar ideologies within their unique political and economic environments.

Author: M. Williams
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 07/01/2008
Pages: 215
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.06lbs
Size: 9.24h x 6.44w x 0.73d
ISBN: 9780230606401

Review Citation(s):
Chronicle of Higher Education 08/08/2008 pg. 18
Choice 02/01/2009

About the Author
MICHELLE WILLIAMS is Assistant Professor of Sociology and Political Studies at the University of Witwatersrand, South Africa.