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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

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

Series:

Ethnic and intercommunity conflict series (Palgrave (Firm))

Coming out of violence project

Ethnic and intercommunity conflict series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Violence--South Africa.

Violence.

Conflict management.

South Africa.

Conflict management--South Africa.

South Africa--Politics and government--1994-.

Politics and government.

Physical Description:

xv, 222 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

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

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.

Contents:

1 The Peace Process and the State 1

Conflict and the state 3

The peace process and the state 16

Part I The Development of the South African Peace Process

2 The Violent Transition 31

Introduction: the conflict and the metaconflict 31

Apartheid and the security dilemma 35

Low Intensity Conflict 38

Post-settlement violence 46

3 Negotiating Amidst Violence 53

Pre-negotiations 53

Substantive negotiations 61

1994 elections and the new parliament 66

Part II An Analysis of the South African Peace Process

4 Violence and the Rules of War 71

The structure of the conflict 71

Violence beyond the table 78

The culture of violence 81

5 Why the Negotiations Succeeded 85

Factors conducive to success 85

Flaws in the negotiating process 101

Summary: the negotiated transition as a peace process 112

6 The Role of Negotiated Institutions, the Economy and External Factors 115

Negotiated institutions 115

The economy 121

External factors 131

7 Popular Responses and Symbolic Politics 141

Popular responses 141

Symbolic politics 155

8 The Brittle Peace 175

New rules for making peace 176

A stronger or weaker state? 177

New units of security in Southern Africa? 184

New identities and symbols? 187

Appendix Chronology, 1985-94 191.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0333779185

OCLC:

45374984