Reaction and Renewal in South Africa [Hardcover]

This volume is a timely survey of the changes that have been occurring in South African politics and society since the unbanning of the exile liberation movements in 1990. It brings together a collection of seasoned scholars who examine the debates over changes in such areas as the economy, the state, the legal system, the position of women and foreign relations. The volume explores the forces pushing for radical change in South African society as well as those resisting it and is particularly notable for bringing a political science perspective to bear on such issues as the restructuring of government and the constitution.Notes on the Contributors - Preface - List of Abbreviations - Introduction; P.B.Rich - Transitional South Africa: Negotiations and the Military; A.Seegers - Civil War Regions, War and Ethnic Mobilisation; G.Mare - Apartheid, The State and the Reconstruction of the Political System; P.B.Rich - Some Reflections on the Interim Constitutional Arrangements; D.Tucker - Legal Formalism and Legal Culture in a New State; M.Chanock - Reconstruction and Development in South Africa; N.Nattrass - Reconstructing Tradition: Women and Land Reform; C.Walker - The Restructuring of South African Education and Training in Comparative Context; L.Chisholm - Transkei on the Verge of Emancipation; J.Peires - South Africa's Foreign Policy: Current Realities, Future Options; J.Spence - Federal Aspects of the New South African Constitution: Prospects for Regional Integration; K.Woldring - Why South Africa is unlikely to follow the Yugoslav or the Soviet Route to ethnically based Fragmentation; N.Etherington - Index