South Africa in Transition New Theoretical Perspectives
South Africa in Transition utilises new theoretical perspectives to describe and explain central dimensions of the democratic transition in South Africa during the late 1980s and early 1990s, covering changes in the politics of gender and education, the p
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South Africa in Transition New Theoretical Perspectives Edited by
David R. Howarth
Lecturer in Political Theory Staffordshire University
and
Aletta J. Norval
Lecturer in Political Theory University of Essex
First published in Great Britain 1998 by
MACMILLAN PRESS LTD
Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS and London Companies and representatives throughout the world A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. ISBN 978-1-349-26803-0 ISBN 978-1-349-26801-6 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-349-26801-6 First published in the United States of America 1998 by
ST. MARTIN'S PRESS, INC.,
Scholarly and Reference Division, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010 ISBN 978-0-312-21430-2 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data South Africa in transition : new theoretical perspectives I edited by David R. Howarth and Aletta J. Norval. p. em. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-312-21430-2 (cloth) I. South Africa-Politics and govemment-1994- I. Howarth, David R. II. Norval, Aletta J. DT197 4.S73 1998 968.06'4-dc21 98-11004 CIP Selection, editorial matter and Introduction © David R. Howarth and Aletta J. Norval 1998 Chapter 5 © Aletta J. Norval 1998 Chapter 10 © David R. Howarth 1998 Chapters 1-4, 6-9 © Macmillan Press Ltd 1998 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 1998 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No paragraph of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, 90 Tottenham Court Road, London WIP 9HE. Any person who does any unauthorised act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The authors have asserted their rights to be identified as the authors of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. 10 9 07 06
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Contents List of Abbreviations
vii
Notes on the Contributors
ix
Chronology
xii
Introduction: Changing Paradigms and the Politics of Transition in South Africa David R. Howarth and Aletta J. Norval
1
1
The Dying Days of Apartheid Rupert Taylor and Mark Shaw
2
Changing Discourses of Democracy and Socialism in South Africa Daryl Glaser
31
3
Race, Reason and Representation in National Party Discourse, 199(}....1992 Antony Altbeker and lonny Steinberg
49
4
From the 'Peaceful Past' to the 'Violent Present': Memory, Myth and Identity in Guguletu Sean Field
72
5
Reinventing the Politics of Cultural Recognition: The Freedom Front and the Demand for a Volkstaat Aletta J. Norval
93
6
Identity and the Changing Politics of Gend
