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South Africa's Brittle Peace

The Problem of Post-Settlement Violence

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  • © 2001

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Authors:
  1. Pierre Toit

    1. Department of Political Science, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa

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Part of the book series: Ethnic and Intercommunity Conflict (EAI)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. The Peace Process and the State

    1. The Peace Process and the State

      • Pierre du Toit
      Pages 1-27

  3. The Development of the South African Peace Process

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 29-29
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    2. The Violent Transition

      • Pierre du Toit
      Pages 31-51

    3. Negotiating Amidst Violence

      • Pierre du Toit
      Pages 53-67

  4. An Analysis of the South African Peace Process

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 69-69
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    2. Violence and the Rules of War

      • Pierre du Toit
      Pages 71-84

    3. Why the Negotiations Succeeded

      • Pierre du Toit
      Pages 85-114

    4. The Role of Negotiated Institutions, the Economy and External Factors

      • Pierre du Toit
      Pages 115-140

    5. Popular Responses and Symbolic Politics

      • Pierre du Toit
      Pages 141-174

    6. The Brittle Peace

      • Pierre du Toit
      Pages 175-189

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 191-222
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South Africa has succeeded in establishing a democracy, but has yet to eliminate public violence from society. This book takes up the issue of post-settlement violence and ways of consolidating the newly found democratic peace. The role of negotiated institutions such as the new police force, economic factors relevant to the anticipated 'peace dividend', external factors such as arms smuggling networks, popular responses to rising threats to physical safety, and symbolic factors in enhancing the capacity of the state to deal with this issue are examined.

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'...a useful survey...as a work of structuralist political science it has much to offer.' - Joan Wardrop, H-Safrica

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Political Science, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa

    Pierre Toit

About the author

PIERRE DU TOIT is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Stellenbosch. In 1992 he was awarded a Peace Fellowship from the Jennings Randolph Program for International Peace at the Untied States Institute of Peace in Washington. His most recent book is State Building and Democracy in Southern Africa: Botwsana, Zimbabwe and South Africa.

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