Introduction: the theory and practice of democratic development

SOURCE: South African Politics: An Introduction
OUTPUT TYPE: Chapter in Monograph
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2021
TITLE AUTHOR(S): J.Steyn Kotze
SOURCE EDITOR(S): N.De Jager
KEYWORDS: DEMOCRACY, SOCIAL JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT: Developmental, Capable and Ethical State (DCES)
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 12087
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/16277
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/16277

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Abstract

The chapter provides an overview of democratisation and democratic consolidation in order to facilitate and structure a debate about whether the South African democracy will strengthen and consolidate, or whether it may backslide into authoritarian rule as the country moves towards three decades of liberation.