Prisoners of the past : South African democracy and the legacy of minority rule.
Friedman, Steven.
Prisoners of the past : South African democracy and the legacy of minority rule. - 1 online resource
Includes bibliographies and index.
Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER 1 The Past Is Too Much With Us: South Africa's Path-Dependent Democracy -- CHAPTER 2 Path Dependence: What It Means and How It Explains South Africa -- CHAPTER 3 The Roots of Patronage: Path Dependence, 'State Capture' and Corruption -- CHAPTER 4 The Bifurcated Society: Mahmood Mamdani, Rural Power and State Capture -- CHAPTER 5 A Cycle of Crisis and Compromise: Path Dependence, Race and Policy Conflicts -- CHAPTER 6 Missing the Target: The Negotiations of 1993, the Constitution and Change CHAPTER 7 The Power of Negotiation: The Prescience of Harold Wolpe -- CHAPTER 8 Towards a Future: A Route Out of Path Dependence -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- INDEX
Building on the work of economic historian Douglass North and Ugandan political scholar Mahmood Mamdani, Friedman argues that the difficulties besetting South African democracy are legacies of the past, not products of the post-1994 era.
9781776146864 9781776146871
Apartheid--Influence.
Electronic Books.
JQ1931 / .P757 2021
Prisoners of the past : South African democracy and the legacy of minority rule. - 1 online resource
Includes bibliographies and index.
Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER 1 The Past Is Too Much With Us: South Africa's Path-Dependent Democracy -- CHAPTER 2 Path Dependence: What It Means and How It Explains South Africa -- CHAPTER 3 The Roots of Patronage: Path Dependence, 'State Capture' and Corruption -- CHAPTER 4 The Bifurcated Society: Mahmood Mamdani, Rural Power and State Capture -- CHAPTER 5 A Cycle of Crisis and Compromise: Path Dependence, Race and Policy Conflicts -- CHAPTER 6 Missing the Target: The Negotiations of 1993, the Constitution and Change CHAPTER 7 The Power of Negotiation: The Prescience of Harold Wolpe -- CHAPTER 8 Towards a Future: A Route Out of Path Dependence -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- INDEX
Building on the work of economic historian Douglass North and Ugandan political scholar Mahmood Mamdani, Friedman argues that the difficulties besetting South African democracy are legacies of the past, not products of the post-1994 era.
9781776146864 9781776146871
Apartheid--Influence.
Electronic Books.
JQ1931 / .P757 2021