Contemporary South Africa Book

	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