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South Africa: The Elections And The Path Ahead, Prexy Nesbitt
South Africa: The Elections And The Path Ahead, Prexy Nesbitt
Rozell 'Prexy' Nesbitt Writings and Speeches
As the Senior Program Officer for the John D. and catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Prexy Nesbitt, a Chicago-based anti-apartheid activist and educator, wrote this piece covering the 1994 general election in South Africa, the first of which was held with universal adult suffrage.
South Africa In Transition: The Influence Of The Political Personalities Of Nelson Mandela And F.W. De Klerk, Aubrey Immelman
South Africa In Transition: The Influence Of The Political Personalities Of Nelson Mandela And F.W. De Klerk, Aubrey Immelman
Psychology Faculty Publications
The purpose of this paper is to examine salient factors accounting for South Africa’s relatively peaceful transition from apartheid state to nonracial democracy, focusing on the political personalities of South African leaders P.W. Botha, F.W. de Klerk, and Nelson Mandela. Following a brief overview of situational variables, the paper describes the political personalities of Mandela and De Klerk as assessed by the Millon-Type Political Personality Checklist (MPPC). The study shows that one cannot fully account for political developments in South Africa’s transition without considering (a) the interaction between situational variables and the political personalities of Nelson Mandela and F.W. de …
A Millon-Based Study Of Political Personality: Nelson Mandela And F. W. De Klerk -- Part Ii: Further Results And Implications, Aubrey Immelman
A Millon-Based Study Of Political Personality: Nelson Mandela And F. W. De Klerk -- Part Ii: Further Results And Implications, Aubrey Immelman
Psychology Faculty Publications
This paper reports the results of a psychobiographical investigation, using the Millon-Type Political Personality Checklist, of the political personalities of outgoing South African president F. W. de Klerk and newly elected South African president Nelson Mandela, and examines the interactional influence of their respective personalities in facilitating South Africa’s transition from apartheid state to nonracial democracy.
The Grizzly, February 8, 1994, Erika Compton, Hope Rinehimer, Michael Woodruff, Mark Leiser, Fred Woll, Craig Faucher, Victor Gil, Jayson Blocksidge, Richard P. Richter, Tom Epler, Sue Boyer, Ed Markowski, Kristen Cornell, Suzanne Ledonne, Harley David Rubin, Jen Diamond
The Grizzly, February 8, 1994, Erika Compton, Hope Rinehimer, Michael Woodruff, Mark Leiser, Fred Woll, Craig Faucher, Victor Gil, Jayson Blocksidge, Richard P. Richter, Tom Epler, Sue Boyer, Ed Markowski, Kristen Cornell, Suzanne Ledonne, Harley David Rubin, Jen Diamond
Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present
Ursinus Celebrates 125 Years of Academics • An Evaluation of the 128 Credit System • In Celebration of Black History Month: Al Eaton Brings on His One-Man Show • Ursinus Crimes Reported • Who Freed South Africa? • Guys Pledging Begins on Friday • Suite Etiquette • Senior Profile: Craig Faucher • Airband '94 • Come out and Support a U.C. Senior • Berman to Receive Preservation Grant • Woodward Exhibit on Display • Bright Moments to Perform • An Internal Compass Spinning • Eats & Seats • Wrestlers Up to 9-1 • Ursinus Gymnastics Sets New Records • Personal …
South Africa's Long March To Freedom: A Personal View, Aubrey Immelman
South Africa's Long March To Freedom: A Personal View, Aubrey Immelman
Psychology Faculty Publications
In this article I first offer a brief historical account of European white settlement, and ultimately political dominance, in southern Africa. Next, I outline how whites, and in particular Afrikaner-dominated National Party governments after 1948, achieved almost total subjugation of South Africa’s black majority through oppressive legislation and the calculated use of force. In that regard I enumerate some of the draconian laws enacted in the post-1948 apartheid state — laws that served as an impetus for black nationalism, anger, resistance, protest and, after 1960, armed struggle to achieve liberation from white oppression. Against this background, I examine salient factors …