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List of Tables, Figure, Maps and Boxes | x | |
Preface | xii | |
Introduction | 1 | |
1 | Historical Context | 5 |
South Africa before 1870 | 5 | |
The creation of the state, 1870-1910 | 11 | |
Segregation and early apartheid, 1910-60 | 13 | |
The rise and fall of high apartheid | 19 | |
Explaining South Africa's 'transition to democracy' | 22 | |
Conclusions | 27 | |
2 | A Rainbow Nation | 29 |
The entrenchment of apartness under apartheid | 31 | |
Strength from diversity? | 32 | |
The diversity of the provinces | 38 | |
Conclusions | 44 | |
3 | The South African Economy | 47 |
Introduction | 47 | |
Output and expenditure | 47 | |
Economic policy framework | 50 | |
Trade and internationalization | 53 | |
Investment flows | 54 | |
Public and private sectors | 56 | |
Selected sectors of the economy | 57 | |
Labour relations | 61 | |
Challenges | 62 | |
4 | Social Structure and Social Policy | 65 |
Human development in South Africa | 65 | |
Explaining inequality | 68 | |
Addressing Poverty and Inequality | 70 | |
Employment policy | 70 | |
Social welfare policy | 73 | |
Public services and social infrastructure | 74 | |
Education policy | 80 | |
Women and disadvantage | 82 | |
Towards a more equal future? | 84 | |
5 | Government | 86 |
The making of a constitutional settlement | 86 | |
Political authority under the new constitution | 90 | |
The executive | 92 | |
The legislature | 95 | |
The judiciary | 96 | |
The national sphere | 98 | |
Provincial government | 99 | |
Local government | 101 | |
Conclusions | 104 | |
6 | Political Life | 105 |
Electoral system | 105 | |
The electorate | 106 | |
Party support and political parties | 107 | |
Opposition parties | 110 | |
Interest and pressure groups | 112 | |
The implications of one-party dominance | 116 | |
Holding a dominant party to account | 120 | |
Internal pluralism | 122 | |
External and economic limits to poor government | 126 | |
Conclusions | 128 | |
7 | Culture, Ideas, and Issues | 130 |
Professional cultural production | 130 | |
The culture of everyday life: urbanization and suburbanization | 134 | |
Ideas | 138 | |
Issues | 140 | |
8 | South Africa and the World | 147 |
Modern South African international relations | 148 | |
Foreign and defence policy under Mandela | 153 | |
Rethinking foreign policy for the twenty-first century | 156 | |
The African Union and NEPAD | 158 | |
Mechanisms for foreign policy making | 160 | |
9 | South Africa in the Twenty-first Century | 163 |
The economy, human development, and welfare | 163 | |
Reconciliation, nation-building, and democracy | 165 | |
Recommended Reading | 167 | |
South Africa on the Internet | 169 | |
Bibliography | 170 | |
Index | 177 |
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