In South Africa and Elsewhere, Democracy Has to Deliver the Goods

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Many in South Africa agree that greater steps are needed to ensure redistribution and economic security. But will these steps arrive via a deepening of democracy and public accountability, or instead a return to authoritarianism?

In South Africa and Elsewhere, Democracy Has to Deliver the Goods

In South Africa, popular disillusionment with the inequality of the postapartheid order runs so deep that support for authoritarianism is on the rise. It’s a striking reminder that democracy must deliver material gains for the masses to remain a vibrant force.

jacobin.com