ROBBEN ISLAND AND PRISONER RESISTANCE TO APARTHEID.

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"Robben Island prison in South Africa held thousands of black opponents of apartheid, including Nelson Mandela. This book reconstructs these political prisoners' resistance strategies to show how these men created a political and social order behind bars. Survival was their first goal; challenging apartheid was their true aim. So although Robben Island was designed to repress, it was continually transformed by its political inmates into a site of resistance. The book theorizes that, where material conditions permit, the most far-reaching and effective forms of resistance involve constructive political action that seeks to remake existing power relationships. This theory is demonstrated in three focuses of the book: the activism of Robben Islanders, the effects of political prisoner resistance on the apartheid state machinery, and comparative cases that illustrate various international instances of political prisoners' shaping both prisons and political orders."--Jacket.

subjects: Human Rights,  Political Freedom & Security,  Blacks,  Resistance to Government,  Political prisoners,  Civil Rights,  Prisons,  Anti-apartheid movements,  POLITICAL SCIENCE,  Apartheid,  Social conditions,  Political activity,  Political prisoners, south africa,  Robben island (south africa),  Political participation,  Blacks, south africa,  Prisons, africa,  Government, resistance to,  Black people,  Prisonniers politiques,  Activité politique,  Noirs,  Mouvements anti-apartheid,  Résistance au gouvernement,  Conditions sociales