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Consociational democracy as a means to accomplish peaceful political change in South Africa: an evaluation of the constitutional change proposed by the National Party in 1977
In: Politikon: South African journal of political science, Band 6, Heft 1, S. 13-28
ISSN: 1470-1014
Separate development as a framework for peaceful change in South Africa
In: Politikon: South African journal of political science, Band 3, Heft 2, S. 19-30
ISSN: 1470-1014
Interest groups in the Republic of South Africa
In: The annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Heft 413, S. 72-85
ISSN: 0002-7162
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Interest Groups in the Republic of South Africa
In: The annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Band 413, S. 72-85
ISSN: 0002-7162
The South African interest group structure is in large measure determined by the racial & ethnic divisions within the population. The low degree of overlapping group membership can be attributed to 3, partly coinciding factors: (1) voluntary establishment of associations to promote the interests of specific racial or ethnic groups; (2) government measures introducing racial segregation into associational life; & (3) the establishment of associations on an ethnic or racial basis as a result of clashes of interest within mixed associations. Despite these factors a number of racially or ethnically mixed associations do exist--ie, some trade unions--mainly as a result of the integrated nature of the economic system. Because most effective forms of formal political & economic power are concentrated in the hands of the white population groups, their organized interest groups are more influential than the respective nonwhite counterparts. There are indications, however, that nonwhite interests are increasingly articulated by institutional & nonassociational interest groups using the various communal councils as channels of access to the key points of decision making. 3 Tables. HA.
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