The politics of the new South Africa : apartheid and after

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The politics of the new South Africa : apartheid and after

Heather Deegan

Pearson Education, 2001

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-258) and index

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For undergraduate and taught masters courses on modern South Africa as part of a politics, area studies, development studies or combined social sciences degree. This book provides an appraisal of critical moments in South Africa's history: segregation and racial supremacy, black opposition, politics under apartheid and violence and terror. The authors include up-to-date information such as the transfer of power in 1994, enfranchisement and political realignment, the post-electoral period of adjustment and socio-economic transition, the findings of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the 1999 elections.

Table of Contents

  • PART I: HISTORICAL FORCES 1. Union and Segregation: The Origins of Segregation
  • Cheap Black Labour and Industrial Development
  • Racial Supremacy
  • Politics
  • Second World War
  • 1948 General Election. PART II: THE RISE AND FALL OF APARTHEID 2. Apartheid and the State: Forced Segregation
  • Black Opposition
  • Sharpeville, State Control and Separate Development
  • International Reaction
  • The Homelands
  • Class and the State. 3. Apartheid and the Struggle: Economic Pressures in the 1970s
  • Soweto, Education and Youth Action
  • Attempts to make Apartheid Work
  • The Tricameral Parliament
  • The United Democratic Front's Campaign. 4. The End of Apartheid: Total Strategy and the Security Forces
  • Vigilante Groups and Low Intensity Warfare
  • The Emergence of F. W. de Klerk
  • De Klerk's Reforms
  • International Factors and the Question of Reform
  • Nelson Mandela and the ANC
  • The National Peace Accord and the Convention for a Democratic South Africa (Codesa)
  • Return to Negotiations. PART III: THE NATION IN TRANSITION 5. 1994 the New South Africa: The Build-up to the Election
  • The Interim Constitution
  • Preparing for the Elections
  • Learning how to Vote and Party Identification
  • Security Arrangements
  • 1994 Election. 6. A Time of Change: Basic Needs
  • Reconstruction and Development
  • Economic Challenges and Unemployment
  • Transformation, Affirmative Action and Gender. 7. Coming to Terms with the Past: The Truth and Reconciliation Commission
  • Human Rights Violations Committee
  • Killings and Torture
  • Collective Responsibility
  • Causes and Motives for Violence
  • The Question of Amnesty
  • Reaction to the Report
  • Towards Reconciliation
  • Poverty Hearings. PART IV: FORWARD TO THE FUTURE 8. 1999 Elections: Registration - Gender and Age: 1999 Elections
  • The Campaign
  • The Verdict: Free and Fair Elections. 9. From Mandela to Mbeki: Goodbye Nelson Mandela
  • 1994 Government's Performance and Future Challenges: (i) The Economy (ii) Governance and Education (iii) Crime
  • President Thabo Mbeki. APPENDICES: Appendix 1: Harare Declaration, Organisation of African Unity 1989 Appendix 2: President F. W. de Klerk's Address, 2 February 1990 Appendix 3: Nelson Mandela's Speech Following his Release from Prison. Cape Town, 11 February 1990 Appendix 4: Bill of Rights 1996 Appendix 5: Structures of Government 2000 Appendix 6: 1999 Elections: Gender Checklist for Free and Fair Elections

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