South Africa

Designing New Political Institutions

Häftad, Engelska, 1996

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Beskrivning

The Republic of South Africa (RSA) held its first fully democratic elections in April 1994. They were a highly visible signal that the RSA is really moving from the era of apartheid towards a democratic constitutional state. The process is an archetypal case of a negotiated transition of a regime, and as such it is of great interest to students of constitutional mechanisms.

The contributors to this book, leading South African political scientists, discuss the process, the difficulties and the achievements in the transformation of the RSA's political and legal institutions. They address various aspects of constitutional design and their interactions with social forces. They examine the new constitution, the roles of president and executive, the electoral, party and parliamentary systems, and the Constitutional Court. They look at the public service, at questions of labour and corporatism, at the RSA's changing external relations and at the position of the armed forces. The new government's Reconstruction and Development Programme, of which so much is expected, is seen to be particularly vulnerable to the pull of opposing forces.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1996-08-15
Mått:156 x 234 x 16 mm
Vikt:440 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:288
Upplaga:1
Förlag:SAGE Publications
ISBN:9780761953036

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Politik och statsskick inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Jan-Erik Lane is Professor of Political Science at the University of Geneva.

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction - Jan-Erik Lane and Murray FaureThe Salient Features of the Interim Constitution - Joh J van TonderThe New South African Constitution - Dirk Kotz[ac]eThe President and the Executive - Robert SchrireThe Constitutional Court - Kierin O′MalleyThe Electoral System - Murray FaureSouth Africa′s Party System - Susan BothaSouth Africa′s Changing External Relations - Marie MullerThe New South Africa and the Armed Forces - Deon FourieAdministrative Justice in the Public Service - Dirk J BrynardA Public Administration Interpretation of Section 24 of the ConstitutionRelations between State, Capital and Labor in South Africa - Louwrens PretoriusTowards Corporatism?The Politics of Affirmative Action in the Old and the New South Africa - Pierre HugoThe Reconstruction and Development Programme - Robert CameronSouth Africa′s Constitutional Development - Andr[ac]e LouwThe New Parliament - Hennie Kotz[ac]eTransforming the Westminster Heritage