Table of Contents

Introduction Spitting on Shoes; Part I A Time to see: Chapter 1 Restitution and a shared vision for South Africa's future; Chapter 2 Ways of seeing: Why we are divided about what is needed; Part II The past in the present: Chapter 3 Black pain and the outrage of racism; Chapter 4 Apartheid's costs: education, opportunities, assets and well-being; Chapter 5 White privilege and responses to South Africa's past; Part III Turning toward tomorrow: Chapter 6 Restitution: A new conversation; Chapter 7 Locating yourself in the conversation; Chapter 8 Restoring our humanity; Part IV A time to act: Chapter 9 Everyday action for individuals and groups; Chapter 10 Critical active social restitution.

About the Author

Sharlene Swartz (South Africa), PhD, is a sociologist and research director in the Human and Social Development research programme at the Human Sciences Research Council, Cape Town. She is also a visiting research fellow at the Centre for Commonwealth Education, University of Cambridge, UK. She has undergraduate degrees in science (University of the Witwatersrand) and theology (University of Zululand), both in South Africa, and holds an MA from Harvard University and a PhD in the Sociology of Education from the University of Cambridge, UK. Her research interests focus on youth and poverty, social inequality, the sociology of morality and masculine moralities. She is the author of Teenage tata (Cape Town, HSRC Press, 2009 with A Bhana), The Moral Ecology of South Africa’s Township Youth (New York, Palgrave Macmillan, 2009; Johannesburg, Wits Press, 2010) and Moral Education in sub-Saharan Africa: Culture, Economics, Conflict and AIDS (London, Routledge, 2011, co-edited with M Taylor).

Reviews

What a breath of sorely needed fresh air-a timely call to everyday, no-strings-attached restitution, guided by sustained, humble conversations with those dishonoured by apartheid.|Swartz has answered Steve Biko's call for a new consciousness among whites and blacks alike. Read this and let's have a conversation, our future depends on it. A major achievement!|From the United States and Europe, to Africa, Latin America, and Asia, activists and scholars alike are advancing powerful cases for the urgency of radical redress. Another Country is a compelling and original addition to this canon.|Can South Africa right the wrongs of the past? Can a divided society find common ground? Another Country marshals social science insights in the quest for a more peaceful, prosperous, and inclusive South Africa. It provides an optimistic, but realistic, starting point for a fresh conversation about where the country has been and where it might go.