South Africa: Twelve Perspectives on the Transition

by Helen Kitchen, J. Coleman Kitchen

Overview

Following the format of the first volume South Africa: In Transition to What? (1988), each of the chapters in this new volume focuses on a segment of the jigsaw puzzle from which South Africa's future will be assembled and is datelined to emphasize how the situation, event, or issue being addressed appeared through a particular set of lenses at a particular time. This collection seeks to impress upon readers (especially Americans) that the shape of the post-apartheid South Africa now emerging is being determined primarily by internal factors. Eminent Persons interlocutors, distinguished advisory committees, economic and diplomatic sanctions, and other externally devised initiatives affected, but could not mandate how South Africa's long-fractured society would find its way. The contributors to this volume come from a range of geographical and professional bases, but share one important qualification: residence or repeated physical presence in South Africa.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780275950866
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	10/26/1994
Series:	The Washington Papers , #2
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.56(d)

About the Author

HELEN KITCHEN is Director of the African Studies Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C.

J. COLEMAN KITCHEN is a fellow of the African Studies Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

Table of Contents

Foreword by Helen Kitchen
Contributors to this Volume
Why Racial Reconciliation Is Possible in South Africa by Steven McDonald
The Botha Era: An End or a Beginning? by Brian Pottinger
The ANC: From Symbol to Political Party by Marina Ottaway
Pretoria's Nuclear Diplomacy by Robert S. Jaster
The South African Military Reassesses Its Priorities by Robert S. Jaster
The SADF Revisited by Herbert M. Howe
Reconstructing Education for a New South Africa by Bruce McKenney
Why South Africa's Transition Is Unique by Frederik van Zyl Slabbert
The March 1992 Referendum by Marina Ottaway
Is Democracy Achievable in Russia and/or South Africa? by Patti Waldmeir
Post-apartheid South Africa: Steps Taken, the Path Ahead by Witney W. Schneidman
Southern Africa in the Year 2000: An Optimistic Scenario by Millard W. Arnold
Index