Political Identity and Social Change: The Remaking of the South African Social Order

Contents

Acknowledgments, ix Foreword by Nicholas Onuf, xiii Chapter One INTRODUCTION, 1 Chapter Two A THEORY OF POLITICAL IDENTITY, 9 Constructivism Identity Identity Labels as Units of a Constructivist Method Conclusion Chapter Three SOUTH AFRICA AND IDENTITY, 39 Apartheid and Its Historical Context Analysis of South African Politics The Practicalities of Studying South African Identity Chapter Four SOWETO 1976, 65 Soweto, June 16, 1976—A Story Competing Discourses on Soweto The Political Identity of Soweto Conclusion: The Beginning of the End Contents Chapter Five CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM, 1983–1984, 95 Reform, Resistance, Repression Competing Discourses on the Constitution Constitutional Reform and Political Identity Conclusion Chapter Six POST-APARTHEID CRIME, 133 Crime in South Africa The Discourse on Crime Crime and Political Identity Conclusion Chapter Seven IDENTITY AND THE TRANSITION: Conclusions for the Political Theory of Social Change, 169 The Argument for Constructivist Political Identity The Argument about South Africa Conclusions and Generalizations Notes, 185 Bibliography, 215 Index, 231 viii CONTENTS ...