DOCUMENT RESUME ED 401 214 SO 026 993 AUTHOR Rhoodie, Nic, Ed.; Liebenberg, Ian, Ed. TITLE Democratic Nation-Building in South Africa. INSTITUTION Human Sciences Research Council, Pretoria (South Africa) . REPORT NO ISBN-0-7969-1575-X PUB DATE 94 NOTE 470p. AVAILABLE FROMHuman Sciences Research Council, 134 Pretorius Street, Pretoria 0002, South Africa. PUB TYPE Books (010) Collected Works General (020) EDRS PRICE MFO1 /PC19 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Change Strategies; Community Development; *Democracy; *Democratic Values; *Developing Nations; Foreign Countries; *Social Change; Social Values IDENTIFIERS *South Africa ABSTRACT This book is a collection of essays by 50 eminent experts/analysts representing a broad range of ideological perspectives and interest groups. Its aim is to contribute to the process of democratic nation-building and the creation of a culture of tolerance by educating South Africans about the intricacies of community reconciliation and nation-building. Following a section featuring information about each of the contributing authors, the book is divided into 11 sections, which are further divided into 47 chapters. The main sections are:(1) "Nation-Building as a Democratic Means of Reconciling National Unity with Ethnic and Cultural Diversity";(2) "The Role of Ethnic Nationalism in Nation-Building"; (3) "The Constitutional and Institutional Bases of Democratic Government in South Africa";(4) "The Sociopolitical Conditions for Democratic Nation-Building and Intercommunity Reconciliation"; (5) "Key Socioeconomic Determinants of Democratic Nation-Building in South Africa"; (6) "The Transition from Apartheid to Democracy"; (7) "Gender Equality as a Precondition for Democratic Nation-Building"; (8) "Violence--A Pervasive Inhibitor of Nation-Building";(9) "The Role of the Security Institutions";(10) "International Involvement in Nation-Building"; and (11) "Concluding Overview: the Prospects for Democratic Nation-Building in South Africa." 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Points of view or opinions stated in this document do not necessarily represent official OERI position or policy r f, I g Lit / Editors: Nic Rhoodie, Ian Liebenberg Democratic nation building. in South Africa Democratic nation-building in South Africa Editors: Nic Rhoodie Ian Liebenberg HSRC Publishers PRETORIA 1994 © The authors, 1994 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording or any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. ISBN 0-7969-1575-X The views expressed in this book are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the HSRC. Published by HSRC Publishers 134 Pretorius Street PRETORIA 0002 Electronic data capture: Mari Nel Cover design: Glenn Basson Printed and bound by: Sigma Press (Pty) Ltd, Pretoria NOTES ON CONTRIBUTING AUTHORS HERIBERT ADAM: Heribert Adam is Professor of Sociologyat Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, and also holds a regular visiting appointment at the University ofCape Town. He was educated at the Frankfurt School of Critical Theory and is the past president of the International Sociological Association's Research Committeeon Ethnic, Minority, and Race Relations. His latest book, together with Kogila Mood ley,isThe Negotiated Revolution (Johannesburg: Jonathan Ball, 1993). NEVILLE EDWARD ALEXANDER: Neville Alexander studied at theUniversities of Cape Town and Tiibingen (where he obtaineda Ph.D.). He has published numerous articles on history and politics. He has also taught in high schools and at the University ofCape Town. He is associated with the South African Council for Higher Education andwas Director of its Cape Town Centre. Dr Alexander is currently a trustee of HEWSA (Health, Education, WelfareSociety of South Africa). C.W.H. BOSHOFF: Professor Carel Boshoffwas Professor and Head of the Department of Missiology and Religious Science at the University of Pretoria. Since1988 he has been full-time chairman of the Afrikaner Freedom Foundation (AVSTIG), the AfrikanerVolkswag and SABRA, promoting an Afrikaner Volkstaat on democratic principles in the North Caperegion. CAREL BOSHOFF: Carel Boshoff (IV) is Head of Research forAVSTIG. He concentrates on the present negotiations and on an Afrikaner Volkstaatas a negotiable alternative to ethnic conflict in South Africa. Formulating his views in radical democraticterms, he is the author of Afrikaners na Apartheid and is at present workingon a doctoral thesis in Philosophy at the University of Pretoria. W.J. BREYTENBACH: Willie Breytenbach is Professor of African Politicsat the University of Stellenbosch. He was previously Director of Constitutional Planningin the Department of Constitutional Development and Planning in Pretoria. He held thesame position in the Office of the Prime Minister. Before that hewas employed by the University of Pretoria, the Africa Institute and the SA Foundation. He holds degrees in Africa Studies,Applied Anthropology, Anthropology, Political Science and Development Administration.He also spent some time in Israel as a research fellow at the Harry S Truman Institute, HebrewUniversity of Jerusalem. He has participated in various conferences abroad in1991, and was invited to testify before the Commonwealth Foreign Ministers in New Delhion the issue of the removal of sanctions. He was also a participant in the first Anglo/Soviet/South Africanmeeting on global prospects for peace and stability in London in 1988. J.K. CILLIERS: Dr J.K. (Jakkie) Cilliers obtaineda D.Litt. et Phil. in Strategic Studies at UNISA in 1987. He has had 14 years military service in the SADF. His service recordincludes extensive operational deployment as an artillery officer and various staffpostings, in Pretoria. Awards and decorations include the following: Bronze Medal from the SouthAfrican Society for the Advancement of Science; H. Brad low Research Bursary; SouthernCross Medal and Chief of the SA Defence Force Commendation Medal. From 1988to 1991 he served as the divisional manager of operations research at Analysis, Management and Systems (Pty.) Ltd. He is currently the Executive Director of the Institute for Defence Policy foundedin 1991. Dr Cilliers has read numerous papers at conferences and seminars and is a regular commentatoron local and international radio and television. He lectures regularlyon defence policy issues and has published widely in this field. JACKLYN COCK: Jacklyn Cock is an Associate Professorin the Department of Sociology at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. She holds degreesin Political Science, History Notes on contributing authors and Sociology. She has written extensively on the situation of differentsocial groups excluded from power and resources in South Africa such as black women, domestic workers,disabled black people, disposed farm workers, the educationally disadvantaged, etc. C.P. DE KOCK: Chris de Kock holds a D.Litt. et Phil. degree from the Universityof South Africa. He is at present a Chief Research Specialist in the Human SciencesResearch Council's Division for Sociopolitical Monitoring and Analysis. Dr De Kock is a political sociologistwhose main interest is intergroup conflict and the violent manifestations ofconflict fields in which he is a recognised expert. OSCAR D. DHLOMO: Oscar Dumisani Dhlomo obtained the degree of Doctorof Education from the University of South Africa in 1980. He entered politics in 1978 andoccupied various influential positions until 1990, when he resigned from politics. In 1991 he foundedthe Institute for Multi-party Democracy of which he is the Executive Chairman. The aim ofthe Institute is the promotion of multiparty democracy, political tolerance and nationalreconciliation in South Africa. Dr Dhlomo has written extensively on political issues. He is a respectedindependent political commentator and writes a regular column for certain South African newspapers.He is a director of a number of major South African companies. LOURENS M. DU PLESSIS: Lourens M. du Plessis is a Professor in the Departmentof Public Law at the University of Stellenbosch and Professor Extraordinary inthe Department of Comparative and Public International Law at the University of the Western Cape. He was the Convenorof the Technical Committee on Fundamental Rights during the Multiparty Negotiating Process atthe World Trade Centre, Kempton Park. IRINA FILATOVA: Irina Filatova is Professor and Head of the Departmentof History at the University of Durban-Westville. She is a former Professor and Headof the African Studies Department of Moscow State University. She holds a Ph.D. from Moscow StateUniversity and has authored two books and many articles on African and South African History.She was research fellow at Yale University (1990-1991), and 9th Brad low fellow at the SouthAfrican Institute of