South Africa's Brittle Peace: The Problem of Post-Settlement Violence (Ethnic and Intercommunity Conflict)

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. Cover......Page 1 Contents......Page 8 Series Preface......Page 10 Preface......Page 12 Acknowledgements......Page 16 Introduction......Page 18 The problem......Page 19 Conflict and the state......Page 20 The peace process and the state......Page 33 Part I The Development of the South African Peace Process......Page 46 Introduction: the conflict and the metaconflict......Page 48 Apartheid and the security dilemma......Page 52 Low Intensity Conflict......Page 55 Post-settlement violence......Page 63 Pre-negotiations......Page 70 Substantive negotiations......Page 78 1994 elections and the new parliament......Page 83 Part II An Analysis of the South African Peace Process......Page 86 The structure of the conflict......Page 88 Violence beyond the table......Page 95 The culture of violence......Page 98 Factors conducive to success......Page 102 Flaws in the negotiating process......Page 118 Summary: the negotiated transition as a peace process......Page 129 Negotiated institutions......Page 132 The economy......Page 138 External factors......Page 148 Popular responses......Page 158 Symbolic politics......Page 172 Conclusion......Page 190 Introduction......Page 192 New rules for making peace......Page 193 A stronger or weaker state?......Page 194 New units of security in Southern Africa?......Page 201 New identities and symbols?......Page 204 The brittle peace......Page 205 Appendix Chronology, 1985–94......Page 208 Notes......Page 211 C......Page 234 I......Page 235 N......Page 236 S......Page 237 V......Page 238 Z......Page 239 Annotation 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. 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. South Africa has succeeded in establishing a democracy, but has yet to eliminate public violence from society. This text takes up the issue of post-settlement violence and ways of consolidating the newly found democratic peace " ... A useful survey ... as a work of structuralist political science it has much to offer."--Joan Wardrop, H-Safrica