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Editors: Heather A. Thuynsma
ISBN: 978-0-7983-0514-3
Size: 254mm X 170mm
Pages: 204
Availability: July 2017
Price: R250.00
Publisher: AISA
Political Parties and the party system that underpins South Africa’s democracy have potential to build a cohesive and prosperous nation. But in the past few years the ANC’s dominance has strained the system and tested it and its institutions’ fortitude. There are deeper issues of accountability that often spurn the Constitution and there is also a clear need to foster meaningful public participation and transparency. This volume offers a different and detailed assessment of the health of South Africa’s political system.
Table of Contents
PREFACE
South Africa’s Complex Party System after the 2016 Local Government
Introduction
Exploring the South African Experience
Assessing success
CHAPTER 1
Whither the ANC’s Dominance?
-Waning Electoral Dominance, Rising Hegemonic Dominance
CHAPTER 2
The Need to Reform the Electoral System in South Africa
-A Constitutional Engineering Perspective
CHAPTER 3
Women, the Electoral System and Political Parties
CHAPTER 4
Political Parties and Political Leadership
-Sewing Reconciliation or Divisions?
CHAPTER 5
Do Political Parties Still Shift Public Opinion?
CHAPTER 6
Securing their Future
-Using Election Campaigns to Safeguard the Party System
CHAPTER 7
Political Parties and their Capacity to Provide Parliamentary Oversight
CHAPTER 8
ANC Hegemony
Social and Economic Ramifications for South Africa
CHAPTER 9
The African National Congress and South Africa’s Foreign Policy and Diplomacy
-A Decolonial African Perspective
Conclusion
Moving South Africa Forward…?
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