Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Prologue: Apartheid as a Dark Side of Modernity Introduction: Anti-Apartheid, The Media and 'New Social Movements' - Beyond Eurocentrism PART I: ANTI-APARTHEID IN GLOBAL CONTEXT Narratives of Transnational Anti-Apartheid Activism The Globalization of the Anti-Apartheid Movement National Politics in a Global Context: Anti-Apartheid in Britain and Sweden The Struggle Over Information and Interpretation PART II: PUBLIC DEBATES ON APARTHEID/ANTI-APARTHEID IN BRITAIN AND SWEDEN 1960-90 Beginnings: Sharpeville and the Boycott Debates Sports as Politics: The Battle of Bastad and 'Stops the 70's Tour' 'A New Black Militancy' - Before and After the Soweto Uprising Sharpeville Revisited and the Release of Nelson Mandela Conclusion: Anti-Apartheid and the Emergence of a Global Civil Society Epilogue: The Legacy of Anti-Apartheid Notes References Interviews Index

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