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State, Civil Society and Apartheid in South Africa: An Examination of Dutch Reformed Church-State Relations 1999th Edition
Author(s): T. Kuperus (Author)
- Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
- Publication Date: April 7, 1999
- Edition: 1999th
- Language: English
- Print length: 229 pages
- ISBN-10: 0333726499
- ISBN-13: 9780333726495
Book Description
An examination of the role played by civil society in the legitimisation of South Africa’s apartheid regime and its racial policy. This book focuses on the interaction of dominant groups within the Dutch Reformed Church and the South African state over the development of race policy within the broader context of state-civil society relations. This allows a theoretical examination and typology of the variety of state-civil society relations. Additionally, the particular case study demonstrates that civil society’s existence in and authoritarian situations can deter the establishment of democracy when components of civil society identify themselves with exclusive, ethnic interests.
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Review
“State, Civil Society and Apartheid in South Africa offers a useful contribution to ongoing debates over the relationship between civil society and democracy.” – African Studies Review
About the Author
TRACY KUPERUS is Professor of Political Studies at Gordon College, Wenham, Massachusetts. She previously taught political Science at Westmont College, Santa Barbara, California, and undertook her doctoral research at the university of Illinois. She has presented numerous papers and published articles in journals like the Journal of Church and State which concentrate on South African church-state relations within the broader context of State-civil society relations.
