Precarious Power is the third delivery in Booysen’s sequential, incisive trilogy that traces and dissects the African National Congress (ANC) of South Africa as it moves from times of glory and celebrated liberation struggle, to mutually destructive, transient alliances of factions and interests that flourish in government power and fumble through governance. Yet the ANC remains dominant in most respects barring moral authority and complete public trust. The analysis shows how the ANC manages to remain at the centre of political power despite the fault lines and failures.

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The printed version of Precarious Power is being distributed to bookshops and online retailers in South Africa who ordered it. Precarious Power is also available in e-format. It is already showing in stock at most online retailers:

Price: The book is softcover and the retail price to the public is R350.00. The USD price for a physical copy is $30.00. Wits University Press has world distribution rights.

South African distribution of Precarious Power:

Retail/bookshop orders for Southern Africa through:

Blue Weaver, Tel: 021 701 4477, orders@blueweaver.co.za or

Booksite Africa. Tel: 021 950 5900 and 087 022 0237. Email: inquiry@booksite.co.za

International distribution of Precarious Power:

WUP has international distribution partners. They are New York University Press in North and South America and Eurospan for the UK, Europe and Australia. NYU Press’s web retail partners include Kindle, Google, Nook, iTunes, Amazon, Kobo and others through whom the book will also be distributed.

Availability of print, digital and e-formats:

WUP has a Print-on-demand (POD) arrangement in the US and all orders for physical books through online retailers such as Amazon.com and from USA and Canadian libraries and retailers are fulfilled from the US. For the UK and Europe WUP is shipping stock of books to the warehouse in the UK for fulfillment of orders from Amazon.co.uk and orders from bookshops in Europe.

A digital copy of Precarious Power is available from online stores such as Amazon’s Kindle Store and Barnes & Noble.

Precarious Power is available in e-format from South African online retailers, Takealot and Van Schaiks.