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SERIES ANALYSIS SCHOLARS NORMALLY TREAT POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEES (PACS) AS ELECTORAL PHENOMENA, ARGUING THAT INTEREST GROUPS SOLICIT AND MAKE CONTRIBUTIONS PRIMARILY TO INFLUENCE ELECTION OUTCOMES. OTHER SCHOLARS, HOWEVER, ARGUE THAT WHILE PAC CONTRIBUTIONS FUNCTION TO ELECT FAVORED CANDIDATES, THEY ALSO FUNCTION TO INFLUENCE SPECIFIC, PENDING LEGISLATION. EPSTEIN MAINTAINS THAT PAC MONEY IS "INTERESTED MONEY," AND THAT IT IS LINKED TO A LEGISLATIVE LOBBYING AGENDA. BUSINESS AND LABOR, FOR EXAMPLE, ORGANIZE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEES TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THEIR INTERESTS. IN THE PURSUIT OF THESE INTERESTS, PACS USE CONTRIBUTIONS NOT ONLY AS AN ELECTORAL TACTIC-TO ELECT POTENTIALLY SUPPORTIVE CANDIDATES-BUT ALSO AS AN INSTRUMENT OF LOBBYING-TO EFFECT INCUMBENT'S DECISIONS ON PENDING BILLS.

The liberation of South Africa from the shackles of apartheid signifies the end of the last out-post of white domination in South Africa, and opened a new chapter on the search for a common South Africanism. The process of nation-building is haunted by relics of nationalist trends, one of which is Afrikaner nationalism. This article deals with certain aspects of Afrikaner nationalism which have continued into the post- apartheid era. It uses the division among Afrikaner nationalists to show the link between conservative Afrikaner nationalism, electioneering and the pursuit for a volkstaat (white homeland).