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South Africa in Southern Africa: Domestic Change and International Conflict

Edmond J. Keller and Louis A. Picard, editors
 
ISBN: 978-1-55587-129-1
$40.00
1989/263 pages/LC: 89-3942

"Clear, well-written and edited contribution that enhances our understanding of the conceptual ambiguities and the range of ethical issues involved in the analysis of Southern Africa. . . . Furnishes refreshing analyses."—Journal of Developing Areas

"Provides substantial insights into the forces influencing change in southern Africa. . . . A useful starting point for scholars attempting to understand the complex process of change underway in South Africa."—Africa Today

". . . balanced and insightful. Recommended for upper-division undergraduates and above."—Choice

DESCRIPTION

South Africa in Southern Africa critically examines the dynamics of political change and conflict in South Africa in both the domestic and international arenas. The assumption that guides the book is that, in order to understand the process of change that is currently unfolding in South Africa, one must understand not only the patterns of race, class, clientelism, and culture inside the country, but also how factors external to South Africa contribute to the debates and struggles raging domestically.

The book is divided into three major parts. The first deals with theoretical perspectives on political change in South Africa; the second with the political economy of change in the domestic arena; and the third with the interaction between domestic and international politics as they relate to South Africa.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Edmond J. Keller is professor of political science at the University of California at Los Angeles. Among his several books on African politics are Afro-Marxist Regimes: Ideology and Public Policy (coedited with Donald Rothchild) and Revolutionary Ethiopia. Louis A. Picard is director of the Ford Institute for Human Security at the University of Pittsburgh’s Graduate School of Public and International Affairs.

CONTENTS

  • South African Patterns of Change and Continuity—L. A. Picard and E. J. Keller.
  • THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES ON SOCIAL CHANGE IN SOUTH AFRICA.
  • The Ethnic Factor and Democratic Constitution-Making in South Africa—Arend Lijphart.
  • From Exortation to Incentive Strategies: Mediation Efforts in South Africa in the Mid-1980s—Donald Rothchild.
  • Racial Proletarianization and Political Culture in South Africa—C.R.D. Halisi.
  • THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF DOMESTIC CHANGE IN SOUTH AFRICA.
  • Tsa Batho: Zonal Dynamics of Black Politics in South Africa—C. Tsehloane Keto.
  • The Black Trade Unions and Opposition Politics in South Africa—Pearl-Alice Marsh.
  • The White Mind, Business, and Apartheid—Heribert Adam and Kiglia Moodley.
  • SOUTH AFRICA AND THE INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT.
  • SADCC as a Counter-Dependency Strategy: How Much Collective Clout?—Richard Weisfelder.
  • The Effects of South Africa on Zambian Politics and Society: Overt and Systematic Destabilization—J.R. Scarritt.
  • Southern Africa in Conflict: Problems Enough to Share—John Sullivan.
  • Beyond Constructive Engagement: U.S. Foreign Policy Toward Southern Africa into the 1990s—L. A. Picard and Robert Groelsma.
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