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The apartheid state in crisis : political transformation in South Africa, 1975-1990

By - Price, Robert M.
Floor - Floor 1
Published - New York : Oxford University Press, 1991.
ISBN 10 - 0195067509
ISBN 13 - 9780195067507
Book Status - 1 Qnty Available with us.
Subject - Apartheid--South Africa. , South Africa--Politics and government--1978- , South Africa--Politics and government--1961-1978.
Shelf No - 15
Call Number - 320.968 PRI
Physical Description - x, 309 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Notes - Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Despite the considerable attention paid to South Africa in recent years, this text is unique in providing a comprehensive analysis of South Africa's politics through the 1980's. Robert Price argues that the apparent stability of South Africa's apartheid regime has masked a profound political transformation underway since 1975. The work examines how government policy, economic development, domestic opposition, and international actors have gradually but inexorably eroded the foundation of white political power. Price elucidates the dynamic relationship between these factors and their combined role in altering the political substructure underlying South Africa's official political system. He provides a novel framework for assessing the likely mode of political transition in the 1990's and draws lessons from the South African case for our understanding of political transformation worldwide.

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