Can South Africa Survive?: Five Minutes to Midnight

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Introduction....Pages 1-8
The Role of the Superpowers....Pages 9-34
Sanctions Against South Africa: Punitive Action or Placebo Politics?....Pages 35-56
The European Community and Sanctions Against South Africa....Pages 57-81
The Afrikaner Empire Strikes Back: South Africa’s Regional Policy....Pages 82-107
Afrikaner Politics 1977–87: from Afrikaner Nationalist Rule to Central State Hegemony....Pages 108-135
‘Probably the Best Laager in the World’: the Record and Prospects of the South African Economy....Pages 136-164
The KwaNatal Indaba and the Politics of Promising Too Much....Pages 165-183
Internal Black Protest....Pages 184-205
The United Democratic Front: Leadership and Ideology....Pages 206-230
Black Unions and Political Change in South Africa....Pages 231-254
Constitutional Change and International Norms....Pages 255-280
Doctrines of ‘Change’ in South Africa....Pages 281-311
Political Impasse in South Africa: State Capacities and Crisis Management....Pages 312-335
Five Minutes to Midnight....Pages 336-344
Back Matter....Pages 345-350