The quest for 'three thirds' : the ANC's 2014 election campaign
SOURCE: State of the Nation South Africa 2016: who is in charge?: mandates, accountability and contestations in the South African state
OUTPUT TYPE: Chapter in Monograph
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2016
TITLE AUTHOR(S): R.Ranchod
SOURCE EDITOR(S): D.Plaatjies, M.Chitiga-Mabugu, C.Hongoro, T.Meyiwa, M.Nkondo, F.Nyamnjoh
KEYWORDS: AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS (ANC), ELECTIONS, ELECTORAL SYSTEMS
DEPARTMENT: Developmental, Capable and Ethical State (DCES)
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 9081
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/9408
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/9408
OUTPUT TYPE: Chapter in Monograph
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2016
TITLE AUTHOR(S): R.Ranchod
SOURCE EDITOR(S): D.Plaatjies, M.Chitiga-Mabugu, C.Hongoro, T.Meyiwa, M.Nkondo, F.Nyamnjoh
KEYWORDS: AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS (ANC), ELECTIONS, ELECTORAL SYSTEMS
DEPARTMENT: Developmental, Capable and Ethical State (DCES)
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 9081
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/9408
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/9408
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Abstract
This chapter examines the means by which the ANC utilises its discursive power, the power it derives through its political communications, in election campaigns to retain political primacy in democratic South Africa.-
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