South African democracy: Majoritarian or consociational?

Democratization

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 144-150

  Lijphart, Arend ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0000748340     PISSN: 13510347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13510349808403588     Document Type: Article

References (17)

1. Michael Kelly Connors, 'The Eclipse of Consociationalism in South Africa's Democratic Transition', Democratization, Vol.3, No.4 (Winter 1996), pp.420-34, esp. pp.420,422, 424, 432.
2. For another recent critique of Connors' arguments, see Leif Le\vin, 'Bråka inte! ' Om vår tids demokratisyn (Stockholm: SNS Förlag, 1998), pp.67-8.
3. Arend Lijphart, 'Prospects for Power-Sharing in the New South Africa', in Andrew Reynolds (ed.), Election '94 South Africa: The Campaigns, Results and Future Prospects (London: James Currey, 1994), pp.221-31.
4. Arend Lijphart, 'Self-Determination Versus Pre-Determination of Ethnic Minorities in Power-Sharing Systems', in David Schneiderman (ed.), Language and the Slate: The Law and Politics of Identity (Cowansville, Quebec: Éditions Yvon Biais, 1991), pp. 153-65. In my early writings, my thinking was influenced by primordialist theory to a considerable extent, but I have become convinced that, especially in Africa, ethnic identities are often very fluid. I do not mind being criticized, but it does not make much sense to criticize statements of which I have become explicitly critical myself. Nor is it fair to detect all kinds of 'inconsistencies' between my earlier and later writings, as lan Lustick does, since my more recent work represents the many refinements and improvements that I have been steadily trying to achieve in consociational theory;
5. see lan S. Lustick, 'Lijphart, Lakatos, and Consociationalism', World Politics, Vol.50, No. 1 (Oct. 1997), pp.88-117.
6. Connors, op. cit., p.425.
7. Buthelezi Commission, The Requirements for Stability and Development in KwaZulu and Natal (Durban: H and H Publications, 1982).
8. Arthur Lewis, Politics in West Africa (London: George Allen & Unwin, 1965).
9. Arend Lijphart, Democracy in Plural Societies: A Comparative Exploration (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1977), pp.25-44.
10. For further details, see Lijphart, 'Prospects for Power-Sharing in the New South Africa', op. cit., pp.222-3.
11. Arend Lijphart, Power-Sharing in South Africa, Policy Papers in International Affairs, No.24 (Berkeley, CA: Institute of International Studies, University of California, 1985), pp.80-81.
12. Theodor Hanf, 'De la dite concordance en Afrique du Sud et de son utilisation àdes fins utiles', Revue Internationale de Politique Comparée, Vol.4, No.3 (Dec. 1997), pp.664-71.
13. J.E. Spence, 'Opposition in South Africa', Government and Opposition, Vol.32, No.4 (Autumn 1997), pp.538-39.
14. Andrew S. Reynolds, Electoral Systems and Democratization in Southern Africa (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999), Ch.8.
15. See Arend Lijphart, 'The Puzzle of Indian Democracy: A Consociational Interpretation', American Political Science Review, Vol.90, No.2 (June 1996), pp.258-68.
16. R.S. Milne, Government and Politics in Malaysia (Boston, MA: Houehton Mifflin, 1967), p.41.
17. Connors, op. cit., p.432.