The Political Consciousness of Post-Industrialism@@@The Silent Revolution: Changing Values and Political Styles among Western Publics.

Ethnic Groups in Conflict

Rising Tide: Gender Equality and Cultural Change Around the World.

Rising Tide: Gender Equality and Cultural Change Around the World

Part I. Introduction: 1. Do rules matter? 2. Classifying electoral systems 3. Evaluating electoral systems Part II. The Consequences for Voting Behavior: 4. Party systems 5. Social cleavages 6. Party loyalties 7. Turnout Part III. The Consequences for Political Representation: 8. Women 9. Ethnic minorities 10. Constituency service Part IV. Conclusions: 11. The impact of electoral engineering.

Electoral Engineering: Voting Rules and Political Behavior

In the process of elucidating Spencer’s First Principles and the cosmic theory of evolution, it has proved helpful already to touch on his treatment of social life in that general context. It is essential now, however, to address the theory as manifested in respect of ‘psychical’ and ‘social’ evolution, themselves intimately linked in his discussions.

Mind and Society

The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is often regarded as an area where it is difficult to stabilize democracy. This notion is reinforced by the fact that, in the most recent set of elect...

Electoral Support for Islamic Parties in the Middle East and North Africa

This article sets recent debates on migration policy in South Africa against broader historical realities that have shaped patterns of population movement on the subcontinent since the end of the nineteenth century. During the course of the last century most forms of population movement were the result of disjointed regional economic development which can be traced to two epochal events at the end of the nineteenth century: the creation of the modern African state system and the discovery of mineral wealth in Southern Africa. Although regulation of migrant labor was a fundamental feature of the colonial period it was only after 1950 when independent states began to define specific migration priorities that states began to restrict significantly the flow of transnational labor. From this point notions such as internally displaced person refugee and illegal immigrant become increasingly appropriate to the study of regional migration. Particular attention is given to current debate on the definition of refugee which forms part of a broader international debate. A number of South African writers have argued that given the structural imbalances contained in the regional economy the term "refugee" should be redefined to included economic migrants. This position is not shared by the South African Government and an analysis of current policy and legislation demonstrates a growing tendency to restrict the influx of undocumented migrants. This is due in part to the recent political transition and the institutional compromises that it produced as well as the growth of negative sentiment towards illegal immigrants at both mass and elite levels as demonstrated by two recent research findings. The article concludes with a summation of recent trends in South African migration policy and an evaluation of the ambiguous position that South Africa occupies within Southern Africa. (authors)

Emergent migration policy in a democratic South Africa.

South Africa joined the 'third wave of democracy' in 1994, when the country conducted its first democratic elections. Since then, much debate about the extent of democratic consolidation has taken place. The present article analyses the possibilities for consolidation of South Africa's democracy in terms of the indicators of political culture most often associated with democratic consolidation: political tolerance and trust. The research consists of a longitudinal analysis that uses quantitative data gathered since 1994. Divergent conclusions are reached. On the one hand, political tolerance is increasingly visible among South Africans. On the other, trust in institutions--government--is decreasing.

Political culture and democracy: The South African case

Democratization, Liberalization and Pacification The State as Guardian? Society in Transition: An Overview Interpersonal Relations: Trust, Tolerance and Gender Religion, Evil and Liberalization Outsiders

Hennie Kotzé

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Electoral Support for Islamic Parties in the Middle East and North Africa

Emergent migration policy in a democratic South Africa.

Political culture and democracy: The South African case

Liberal Democracy and Peace in South Africa: The Pursuit of Freedom as Dignity

African Elite Perspectives: AU and NEPAD