In fünf Kapiteln sind Literaturnachweise und Darstellungen zu Forschungsprojekten versammelt, die sich mit Südafrika auseinandersetzen. Folgende Aspekte werden abgedeckt: Politik, Gesellschaft und Wirtschaft in Südafrika, die Rolle des Staates auf internationaler Ebene, die gesellschaftliche Entwicklung im Zuge des Aussöhnungsprozesses sowie HIV und AIDS als schwerwiegendes gesellschaftliches und innenpolitisches Problem. Abschließend wird in einem fünften Kapitel die Weltmeisterschaft in Südafrika aus sozialwissenschaftlicher Perspektive beleuchtet.
Terrorism and the political use of violence are not necessarily synonymous. Terrorism is the use of violence for the primary purpose of creating a general atmosphere of fear and alarm. Thus, a terrorist organization does not limit its tactical use of violence to military and other such strategic targets but will additionally direct its violent tactics against the public at large. If employed by a government, the objective of such a use of terror can be to create submission to a repressive status quo. If used by an anti-governmental group, the objective may be to create a situation of instability in order to facilitate the overthrow of the existing government. In southern Africa, anti-governmental organizations operating in Mozambique, Angola, and Zimbabwe depend on financial and military assistance from the South African regime which utilizes these organizations as one component of its strategy to destabilize the governments of the former countries. This article demonstrates that (1) these anti-governmental organizations, such as União Nacional de Indepêndencia Total de Angola (UNITA) and the Movimento de Resistência Nacional de Moçambique, by their tactics, conform to the definition of a terrorist organization; (2) these anti-governmental organizations could not survive without their linkages to the South African regime; and (3) the South African regime's objective in promoting these anti-governmental organizations is to attempt to continue the status quo inside South Africa.
A review of South African literature on race relations published during the past 5 yrs highlights writings dealing with the areas of poverty, the constitution of South Africa & gov policy, educ, & religion. A selected bibliog of 333 books & periodicals divided into econ, pol'al, historical, educ'al, religious, literary, & general categories is appended. P. D. Montagna.
The Constitution of South Africa provides simply for claimants to represent anyone who cannot act, or a group, or the public interest. In the absence of more detailed procedural rules on how these rights are to operate, the courts have had to grapple with issues on standing within a difficult socioeconomic and political background. [Reprinted by permission of Sage Publications Inc., copyright The American Academy of Political and Social Science.]
The Constitution of South Africa provides simply for claimants to represent anyone who cannot act, or a group, or the public interest. In the absence of more detailed procedural rules on how these rights are to operate, the courts have had to grapple with issues on standing within a difficult socioeconomic and political background.
"'Transformation' ist zum Schlüsselbegriff der neunziger Jahre geworden. Das Ende des kalten Krieges hat nicht nur in Europa, sondern in weiten Teilen der Welt einschneidende gesellschaftliche Umwälzungen ausgelöst. Im südlichen Afrika waren diese Umwälzungen in ihre Zuspitzung auf den Konflikt zwischen der schwarzen Bevölkerungsmehrheit und der weißen Bevölkerungsminderheit besonders dramatisch. Südafrika mit seinem charismatischen Staatschef Nelson Mandela, und Namibia, die einstige deutsche Kolonie, standen für einige Zeit im Zentrum des Medieninteresses. Inzwischen ist die 'heiße' Phase des Umbruchs vorbei. Die neuen Regierungen haben sich etabliert, ihre politischen Ziele formuliert, Programme verabschiedet und Reformen eingeleitet. In beiden Ländern gibt es Projekte der Sozialberichterstattung, die diesen Wandel begleiten und so dokumentieren, wie er sich auf die Lebensbedingungen, Lebensqualität und Lebenszufriedenheit der Menschen niederschlägt." (Autorenreferat)