Apartheid State in Crisis

'Price describes well the government's response to Soweto and the risings of the mid-1980s ... He is equally effective in outlining the rise of people's power ... Price is most successful in his examination of the internal scene, where he knits together economic, social and political forces.' James Barber, Times Higher Education Supplement

• Introduction: Political Change and the South African State 1: Backdrop: The Securing of White Supremacy 2: Cracks in the Monolith 3: Confronting Contradictions 4: Change and Continuity: Pretoria's Reform Program 5: From Reform to Insurrection 6: Chaos and Transformation: The Insurrectionary Process 7: International Reaction and Domestic Realignment 8: Pretoria's Response: From Autarky and Counter-Revolution to Negotiations 9: An End to White Supremacy? Index