Research Catalog

Title

South Africa's brittle peace : the problem of post-settlement violence / Pierre du Toit.

Author

Du Toit, P. van der P. (Pierre)

Publication

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave, 2001.

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Description

xv, 222 pages; 22 cm.

Summary

South Africa has succeeded in establishing a democracy, but has yet to eliminate public violence from society. This book takes up the issue of post-settlement violence and ways of consolidating the newly-found democratic peace. The role of negotiated institutions such as the new police force, economic factors relevant to the anticipated "peace dividend," external factors such as arms smuggling networks, popular responses to rising threats to physical safety, and symbolic factors in enhancing the capacity of the state to deal with this issue are examined.

Series Statement

Ethnic and intercommunity conflict series

Uniform Title

Ethnic and intercommunity conflict series.

Subject

• Since 1994
• Violence > South Africa
• Conflict management > South Africa
• South Africa
• violence
• constitutionalism
• Conflict management
• Politics and government
• Violence
• Negotiations
• Truth and reconciliation commissions
• Co-operation
• Criminal law
• International criminal law
• South Africa > Politics and government > 1994-

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

The Peace Process and the State -- Conflict and the state -- The peace process and the state -- The Development of the South African Peace Process -- The Violent Transition -- Introduction: the conflict and the metaconflict -- Apartheid and the security dilemma -- Low Intensity Conflict -- Post-settlement violence -- Negotiating Amidst Violence -- Pre-negotiations -- Substantive negotiations -- 1994 elections and the new parliament -- An Analysis of the South African Peace Process -- Violence and the Rules of War -- The structure of the conflict -- Violence beyond the table -- The culture of violence -- Why the Negotiations Succeeded -- Factors conducive to success -- Flaws in the negotiating process -- Summary: the negotiated transition as a peace process -- The Role of Negotiated Institutions, the Economy and External Factors -- Negotiated institutions -- The economy -- External factors -- Popular Responses and Symbolic Politics -- Popular responses -- Symbolic politics -- The Brittle Peace -- New rules for making peace -- A stronger or weaker state? -- New units of security in Southern Africa? -- New identities and symbols? -- Chronology, 1985-94.

ISBN

• 0333779185
• 9780333779187
• 9780230509658 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

00065262

OCLC

• ocm45374984
• 45374984
• SCSB-8978814

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library