Summarize the role NGOs played in the downfall of apartheid in South Africa.

What will be an ideal response?


In the mid-1980s, NGOs outside of South Africa and national governments funneled large sums of money directly into the hands of anti-apartheid groups within South Africa to support their activities. Moreover, these external NGOs put pressures on their own governments to distance themselves from South Africa, which was increasingly depicted as a racist regime. Soon foreign corporations, pressured by their stockholders, broke their economic ties with South Africa. Due to these external and internal pressures in which NGOs played a prominent role, the South African government abandoned apartheid.

Political Science

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a. Navigating policy arenas. b. Setting an agenda. c. Analyzing policy. d. Deciding what is right and wrong.

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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a. police power. b. categorical grants. c. devolution. d. block grants. e. the necessary and proper clause.

Political Science

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

Political Science