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Can a society as deeply divided as South Africa become democratic? In a most timely work, Donald L. Horowitz, author of the acclaimed Ethnic Groups in Conflict, points to the conditions that make democracy an improbable outcome in South Africa. At the same time, he identifies ways to overcome these obstacles, and he describes institutions that offer constitution makers the best chance for a democratic future. South Africa is generally considered an isolated case, a country unlike any other. Drawing on his extensive experience of racially and ethnically divided societies, however, Horowitz brings South Africa back into African and comparative politics. Experience gained in Nigeria, Botswana, Zimbabwe, and other divided societies around the world is relevant because, as South Africa leaves apartheid behind, it will still confront problems of pluralism: racial, ethnic, and ideological. Countries like South Africa, Horowitz argues, must develop institutions capable of coping with such divisions. Reviewing an array of constitutional proposals for South Africa—group rights, consociation, partition, binationalism, and an enhanced role for the judiciary—Horowitz shows that most are inappropriate for the country's problems, or else run afoul of some major ideological taboo. Institutions that are both apt and acceptable do exist, however. These are premised on the need to create incentives for accommodation across group lines. In the final chapter, Horowitz makes a major contribution to the theory of democratization as he considers how commitments to democracy might be extracted even from political groups with undemocratic objectives. Ranging skillfully across studies of social distance and stereotypes, electoral and party systems, constitutions and judiciaries, conflict and accommodation, and negotiation and democratization, Horowitz displays a broad comparative vision. His innovative study will change the way theorists and practitioners approach the task of making democracy work in difficult conditions.
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Jeffrey C Millman
reviewed A democratic South Africa? on April 20, 2014
A democratic South Africa?
"..ÎŒ ΣαÏÏ„Ï Ï…Ï€Î¿ÏƒÏ„Î®Ïιζε ότι δεν υπήÏχε λόγος να Ï€Ïοετοιμάσουμε την ευτυχία του αÏÏιο με τίμημα την αδικία, την καταπίεση και την αθλιότητα του σήμεÏα. Αυτό που απαιτοÏνταν ήταν να γίνουν βελτιώσεις Ï„ÏŽÏα που θα Ï€Ïοετοίμαζαν το δÏόμο Ï€Ïος το μÎλλον..' Ενας ζωογόνος πολιτικός, πολιτιστικός και πνευματικός πυÏετός θάμπωνε τον κόσμο. ' Ηταν σαν κάποιος να κοιτάζει τή νÏχτα τον ουÏανό και να τον βλÎπει πλημμυÏισμÎνο άπό κομήτες και πεφταστÎÏια. Το παÏαμÏθι Îχει ειπωθεί πολλÎÏ‚ φοÏÎÏ‚ και σΠπολλÎÏ‚ γλώσσες. "Οταν μια επανάσταση ηττηθεί, τότε όλα τα γνωÏίσματα της, καλά και κακά, βουλιάζουν μαζί της, αλλά το 1968 αÏνείται να πεθάνει. ÎŒ πόθος για ÎπανεγγÏαφή της Ουτοπίας στο χάÏτη ενός παγκοσμιοποιημÎνου κόσμου παÏαμÎνει
ισχυÏός...
Ξεχνάμε τή φτώχεια της πολιτικής γλώσσας μας. ΛÎÏ‚ και στους σχιζοφÏενικοÏÏ‚ εγκεφάλους μας δεν επιτÏεπόταν στο μÎÏος Ï€Î¿Ï Ï€ÎµÏιείχε τον Cortâzar, τήν Ï€Ïόζα του Τσε στα "Pasajes"... ή τα ποιήματα του Benedetti, να φτάσει στην άλλη πλευÏά του Î¼Ï…Î±Î»Î¿Ï ÏŒÏ€Î¿Ï… βÏίζαμε τον Δίας ÎŒÏδάς και τα σκυλιά του.."
1968. Από το Μεξικό ÏŽÏ‚ το ΠαÏίσι. 2003. Από την ΕυÏώπη και την ΑμεÏική ως το ΙÏάκ. ΔÏο σπουδαία κείμενα για τις εξεγÎÏσεις του 1968, για το πολιτικό κίνημα, τη διανόηση, τους λαοÏÏ‚ και τον άνθÏωπο.
Και για όσους δε γνωÏίζουν σε βάθος ιστοÏικά γεγονότα και Ï€Ïόσωπα είναι μια εξαιÏετική ευκαιÏία για πεÏαιτÎÏω ψάξιμο.
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