Opposition and Democracy in South Africa

Roger Southall

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2014
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• eBook ISBN:
  9781135277413
• Subtopic: African Politics
• Index: Politics & International Relations

This collection examines the nature, scope and prospects for political opposition under African National Congress political dominance.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Opposition in South Africa: Issues and Problems
• The Electoral System and Opposition Parties in South Africa
• Opposition in the New South African Parliament
• A Question of Interest: Women as Opposition
• Race, Democracy and Opposition in South African Politics: As Other a Way as Possible
• The Politics of Adaptation and Equivocation: Race, Class and Opposition in Twentieth-Century South Africa
• A Consummation Devoutly to be Wished? The Democratic Alliance and Its Potential Constituencies
• The Realities of Opposition in South Africa: Legitimacy, Strategies and Consequences
• Reflections on the Politics of Minorities, Race and Opposition in Contemporary South Africa
• Dominant Party Rule, Opposition Parties and Minorities in South Africa
• Democracy, Power and Patronage: Debate and Opposition within the African National Congress and the Tripartite Alliance since 1994
• Political Alliances and Parliamentary Opposition Post-Apartheid South Africa
• ‘White’ Political Parties and Democratic Consolidation in South Africa
• Cynicism at the Grassroots: Political Opposition in Kwazakele Township, Port Elizabeth
• The Alliance under Stress: Governing in a Globalizing World
• Conclusion: Emergent Perspectives on Opposition in South Africa
• Abstracts
• List of Contributors
• Index