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Politics and Society in South Africa Sage Politics Texts Series Editor IAN HOLIDAY City University of Hong Kong SAGE Politics Texts offer authoritative and accessible analyses of core issues in contemporary political science and international relations. Each text combines a comprehensive overview of key debates and concepts with fresh and original insights. By extending across all main areas of the discipline, SAGE Politics Texts constitute a comprehensive body of contemporary analysis. They are ideal for use on advanced courses and in research. Politics and Society in South Africa A Critical Introduction Daryl Glaser SAGE Publications London · Thousand Oaks · New Delhi © Daryl Glaser 2001 First published 2001 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, transmitted or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without permission in writing from the Publishers. SAGE Publications Ltd V 6 Bonhill Street London EC2A 4PU SAGE Publications Inc. 2455 Teller Road Thousand Oaks, California 91320 SAGE Publications India Pvt Ltd 32, M-Block Market Greater Kailash -1 New Delhi 110 048 British Library Cataloguing in Publication data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. ISBN 978-0-7619-5017-2 Library of Congress catalog card number available Summary of Contents Introduction 1 1 Colonialism and the Racial Order 5 2 Capitalism and Racial Domination 32 3 Modernity and Racial Oppression 59 4 South African States 70 5 The Continuing Significance of Class 110 6 South African Ethnicities 132 7 Narratives of Resistance 161 8 The Dynamics of Transition 200 Contents Glossary of Acronyms ix Chronology x Maps xiv Tables xvii Acknowledgements xix Introduction 1 1 Colonialism and the Racial Order 5 Unmasking the racial order 5 The question of colonial origins 6 Colonialism and white post-colonial domination 27 Colonialism in post-apartheid perspective 30 2 Capitalism and Racial Domination 32 The revisionist challenge 32 The terms of debate 35 The key capitalist sectors 42 Capitalist economic growth and racial domination 55 Capitalism and the racial order after apartheid 56 3 Modernity and Racial Oppression 59 The question of South Africa's 'modernity' 59 Modernity in South African history 61 A critique 63 Modernity and reconstruction 67 4 South African States 70 Delimiting the state 70 State formation in Southern Africa 71 The South African state 1910-89 75 The state in transition 108 viii CONTENTS 5 The Continuing Significance of Class 110 The appearance of class 110 Approaching class 112 Social differentiation 113 The makings of an urban working class 117 The dominant classes in history 118 Bourgeoisie and proletariat? 119 Class boundaries/boundary classes 120 Class solidarities/divided classes 122 Class and Marxist materialism 12S The continuing significance of class? 129 6 South African Ethnicities 132 The significance of ethnicity as a topic 132 Ethnic discourse in South Africa 133 Defining race and ethnicity 135 The formation of ethnicities 13 8 The pull of ethnicity 143 Ethnicity, class, gender 151 The contemporary importance of ethnicity 152 Accommodating ethnicity 157 7 Narratives of Resistance 161 Ways of seeing 'the struggle' 161 'Primary' resistance 162 Internal resistance in the twentieth century 166 Currents and discourses 175 The social bases of resistance 181 Sites of resistance 185 Narratives of resistance 194 The significance of resistance 196 8 The Dynamics of Transition 200 Explaining a 'miracle' 200 Terminal apartheid 201 Structure, agency and the negotiated demise of apartheid 202 Turning points 211 The prognosis for liberal democracy 214 Deeper democracy? 230 Bibliography 236 Index 269 Glossary of Acronyms AAC All-African Convention ANC African National Congress Azapo Azanian People's Organization BC Black Consciousness Codesa Convention for a Democratic South Africa Cosatu Congress of South African Trade Unions CPSA Communist Party of South Africa DEIC Dutch East India Company DP Democratic Party Fosatu Federation of South African Trade Unions HRC Human Rights Commission ICU Industrial and Commercial Workers' Union IFP Inkatha Freedom Party KZN KwaZulu-Natal MPLA Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola NEUM Non-European Unity Movement NIC Natal Indian Congress NP National Party NNP New National Party NRC Natives' Representative Council OFS Orange Free State PAC Pan-Africanist Congress RDP Reconstruction and Development Programme SACP South African Communist Party Sactu South African Congress of Trade Unions SADF South African Defence Force SANAC South African Native Affairs Commission SAR South African Republic SWA South West Africa (Namibia) Swapo South West African People's Organization TEC Transitional Executive Council TRC Truth and Reconciliation Commission UDF United Democratic Front Unita Union for the Total Independence of Angola UP United Party
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