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100			_aSouthhall, Roger _97658
245			_aPolarization in South Africa toward democratic deepening or democratic decay?
260			_c2019
300			_ap.194-208.
520			_aUnder apartheid, white oppression of the black majority was extreme, and South Africa became one of the most highly polarized countries in the world. Confronted by a counter-movement headed by the African National Congress (ANC), the ruling National Party (NP) was eventually pressured into a negotiation process that resulted in the adoption of a democratic constitution. This article outlines how democratization defused polarization, but was to be hollowed out by the ANC’s construction of a “party-state,” politicizing democratic institutions and widening social inequalities. This is stoking political tensions, which, despite societal interdependence, are provoking fears of renewed polarization along class and racial lines. - Reproduced.
650			_aDemocratisation _97659
650			_aPolarisation _97660
773			_aThe Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science
906			_aDemocracy - South Africa
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