Prisoners of the Past: South African Democracy and the Legacy of Minority Rule

Steven Friedman

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.

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South African Democracy and the Legacy of Minority Rule

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Dedication
pp v-vi

Contents
pp vii-viii

Introduction
pp ix-xiv

Chapter 1 - The Past Is Too Much With Us: South Africa’s Path-Dependent Democracy
pp 1-24

Chapter 2 - Path Dependence: What It Means and How It Explains South Africa
pp 25-50

Chapter 3 - The Roots of Patronage: Path Dependence, ‘State Capture’ and Corruption
pp 51-72

Chapter 4 - The Bifurcated Society: Mahmood Mamdani, Rural Power and State Capture
pp 73-90

Chapter 5 - A Cycle of Crisis and Compromise: Path Dependence, Race and Policy Conflicts
pp 91-112

Chapter 6 - Missing the Target: The Negotiations of 1993, the Constitution and Change
pp 113-136

Chapter 7 - The Power of Negotiation: The Prescience of Harold Wolpe
pp 137-150

Chapter 8 - Towards a Future: A Route Out of Path Dependence
pp 151-164

Notes
pp 165-192

References
pp 193-212

Index
pp 213-218

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