Pierre Du Toit
Biographic Data
| ID | 216499 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Pierre Du Toit |
| GIVEN NAMES | Pierre |
| FAMILY NAME | Du Toit |
| SIGNATURE | DU TOIT P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Stellenbosch University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 58 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 19 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1984 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
The evolution of support for democratic regime principles and its alternatives
The aim of this paper is to examine the claim that “most people in almost every country worldwide prefer democracy over other types of regimes” against new data, so as to add to the global map of popular perceptions about their support for various regime types. We describe measured changes in levels of public support in 49 countries over four waves of the World Values Survey on three levels: country specific, regional–continental, and global. We …
Electoral Systems and the Contest for Relative Group Status in Post-Conflict Societies: The Case of the 2009 Election in South Africa
Empirical support appears to be growing for the claimed effectiveness of proportional electoral systems in contributing to lasting peace in post-conflict societies. We raise two objections against this claim. Firstly, we argue that the theoretical rationale for this causal effect, as presented in consociational theory, is inadequate, in lacking a psychological mechanism for moderation. We argue that the capacity of constitutional arrangements to …
A Disparity of Esteem: Relative Group Status in Northern Ireland after the Belfast Agreement
Using the case of a deeply divided society (Northern Ireland) in the aftermath of a major peace accord, this article combines two methodological approaches to assess the public reception of the peace accord and its impact on intergroup competition. The social psychological concept of esteem (central to social identity theory) and time‐series data are used to assess intergroup relations between Protestant‐unionists and Catholic‐nationalists in Nor…
Parity of Esteem”: A Conceptual Framework for Assessing Peace Processes, with a South African Case Study
In the first part of this article a conceptual framework for assessing the durability of negotiated peace settlements is developed. The framework elaborates on approaches that hold that dealing with issues of relative group status is central to the effectiveness of negotiated settlements. The dynamics of post-settlement competition, the negotiated rules that shape such competition, and the impact of competitive outcomes on inter-group status, whe…
South Africa's Brittle Peace: The Problem of Post-Settlement Violence
Political culture and democracy: The South African case
South Africa joined the 'third wave of democracy' in 1994, when the country conducted its first democratic elections. Since then, much debate about the extent of democratic consolidation has taken place. The present article analyses the possibilities for consolidation of South Africa's democracy in terms of the indicators of political culture most often associated with democratic consolidation: political tolerance and trust. The research consists…
Peacebuilding in Africa: Prospects for security and democracy beyond the state
Book rviews
Michael Billig, Banal Nationalism. London: Sage, 1995. Pp.vii + 200. $65 (hbk) ISBN 0 8039 7524 4, $21.95 (pbk) 0 8039 7525 2. John Bodnar (ed), Bonds of Affection: Americans Define their Patriotism. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1996. Pp.viii + 352. $55 (hbk) ISBN 0691 04397 3, (pbk) ISBN 0–691–04396–5 Partha Chatterjee, The Nation and Its Fragments: Colonial and Post‐colonial Histories. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, …
Reconciliation, reconstruction and identity politics in South Africa: A 1994 survey of elite attitudes after apartheid
The transition to South Africa's first democratic constitution was achieved despite the obstacles imposed by a history of conflict between communities with sharply differing identities based on race and/or language. The authoritative explanations thus far, based on qualitative analyses, is that the transition was driven by elites who were able to transcend these historical cleavages. We report on a quantitative data set based on a survey of elite…
The State, Civil Society, and Democratic Transition in South Africa: A Survey of Elite Attitudes
The presence of civil society is widely recognized as a crucially important component of the foundation of stable democracy. Divided societies can be expected to be lacking in this attribute. Yet claims have been made for the existence of a civil society in South Africa, which is usually typified as a leading example of a deeply divided society. The importance of this claim for the consolidation of democracy lies in the fact that negotiators were…
Books in review
Bargaining power: Dependence capabilities and tactical options in South African politics
The aim of this research note is to outline a research agenda for the analysis of power relations within the ongoing bargaining process in South African politics. The chosen theoretical perspective, that of S. B. Bacharach and E.J. Lawler, is considered appropriate to the current South African context as it offers an analysis of bargaining relationships which precede specific negotiating events and extend beyond these events. By viewing the barga…
Bargaining about Bargaining: Inducing the Self-Negating Prediction in Deeply Divided Societies—The Case of South Africa
The problem of specifying the empirical conditions of, and prescriptive guidelines for, conflict resolution in deeply divided societies such as South Africa presents a challenge to both political theorists and public policy makers. The aim of this article is to assess the prospects for conflict resolution in South Africa by evaluating two divergent theoretically informed predictions for South Africa. I draw on aspects of bargaining theories that …
Ethnic and minority groups, and constitutional change in South Africa
(1988). Ethnic and minority groups, and constitutional change in South Africa. Journal of Contemporary African Studies: Vol. 7, No. 1-2, pp. 133-147
Contending regime models and the contest for the middle ground in South African politics
One of the necessary conditions for a process of substantive bargaining is the existence of a contract zone. Given the nature of the contending regime models being promoted in South Africa, and the context of scarcity, inequality and polarization, a contract zone cannot be assumed to exist, which severely constrains the bargained transformation of South Africa into a post‐apartheid society. A process of bargaining about bargaining in which the ai…
Consociational Democracy and Bargaining Power
Die grondwetlike voorstelle van die Kwazulu‐natal Indaba as raamwerk vir die beskerming van groepsbelange: N Vergelykende Perspektief
The protection of group interests is a dominant theme in the debate on constitutional reform in South Africa. In this article the capacity of the constitutional proposals of the KwaZulu/Natal Indaba to ensure that group domination is prevented, is compared with that of the 1983 constitution of South Africa. Particular emphasis is given to the rationale behind this constitution, i.e. the 1982 President's Council Report. The conclusion is drawn tha…
The 1983 constitution of South Africa — towards democracy or not
1985). The 1983 constitution of South Africa — towards democracy or not? Politikon: Vol. 12, No. 2, pp. 79-85
N Antwoord op: Etnisiteit en sogenaamde “Kleurlingskap” in perspektief
This article is a rejoinder to criticism of our analytical perspective on ethnicity and ethnic group formation in South Africa. We reply (i) to the claim that the typology of ethnic concepts of McKay and Lewins (1978) relies entirely on the subjective dimension of ethnic identification, and ignores the role objective factors play in ethnic group formation; and (ii) comment on the relationship between minority groups and ethnic groups, with specif…
A Disparity of Esteem: Relative Group Status in Northern Ireland after the Belfast Agreement
Using the case of a deeply divided society (Northern Ireland) in the aftermath of a major peace accord, this article combines two methodological approaches to assess the public reception of the peace accord and its impact on intergroup competition. The social psychological concept of esteem (central to social identity theory) and time‐series data are used to assess intergroup relations between Protestant‐unionists and Catholic‐nationalists in Nor…
Political culture and democracy: The South African case
South Africa joined the 'third wave of democracy' in 1994, when the country conducted its first democratic elections. Since then, much debate about the extent of democratic consolidation has taken place. The present article analyses the possibilities for consolidation of South Africa's democracy in terms of the indicators of political culture most often associated with democratic consolidation: political tolerance and trust. The research consists…
The State, Civil Society, and Democratic Transition in South Africa: A Survey of Elite Attitudes
The presence of civil society is widely recognized as a crucially important component of the foundation of stable democracy. Divided societies can be expected to be lacking in this attribute. Yet claims have been made for the existence of a civil society in South Africa, which is usually typified as a leading example of a deeply divided society. The importance of this claim for the consolidation of democracy lies in the fact that negotiators were…
Consociational Democracy and Bargaining Power
Bargaining about Bargaining: Inducing the Self-Negating Prediction in Deeply Divided Societies—The Case of South Africa
The problem of specifying the empirical conditions of, and prescriptive guidelines for, conflict resolution in deeply divided societies such as South Africa presents a challenge to both political theorists and public policy makers. The aim of this article is to assess the prospects for conflict resolution in South Africa by evaluating two divergent theoretically informed predictions for South Africa. I draw on aspects of bargaining theories that …
The evolution of support for democratic regime principles and its alternatives
The aim of this paper is to examine the claim that “most people in almost every country worldwide prefer democracy over other types of regimes” against new data, so as to add to the global map of popular perceptions about their support for various regime types. We describe measured changes in levels of public support in 49 countries over four waves of the World Values Survey on three levels: country specific, regional–continental, and global. We …
Parity of Esteem”: A Conceptual Framework for Assessing Peace Processes, with a South African Case Study
In the first part of this article a conceptual framework for assessing the durability of negotiated peace settlements is developed. The framework elaborates on approaches that hold that dealing with issues of relative group status is central to the effectiveness of negotiated settlements. The dynamics of post-settlement competition, the negotiated rules that shape such competition, and the impact of competitive outcomes on inter-group status, whe…
Reconciliation, reconstruction and identity politics in South Africa: A 1994 survey of elite attitudes after apartheid
The transition to South Africa's first democratic constitution was achieved despite the obstacles imposed by a history of conflict between communities with sharply differing identities based on race and/or language. The authoritative explanations thus far, based on qualitative analyses, is that the transition was driven by elites who were able to transcend these historical cleavages. We report on a quantitative data set based on a survey of elite…
Bargaining power: Dependence capabilities and tactical options in South African politics
The aim of this research note is to outline a research agenda for the analysis of power relations within the ongoing bargaining process in South African politics. The chosen theoretical perspective, that of S. B. Bacharach and E.J. Lawler, is considered appropriate to the current South African context as it offers an analysis of bargaining relationships which precede specific negotiating events and extend beyond these events. By viewing the barga…
The 1983 constitution of South Africa — towards democracy or not
1985). The 1983 constitution of South Africa — towards democracy or not? Politikon: Vol. 12, No. 2, pp. 79-85
N Antwoord op: Etnisiteit en sogenaamde “Kleurlingskap” in perspektief
This article is a rejoinder to criticism of our analytical perspective on ethnicity and ethnic group formation in South Africa. We reply (i) to the claim that the typology of ethnic concepts of McKay and Lewins (1978) relies entirely on the subjective dimension of ethnic identification, and ignores the role objective factors play in ethnic group formation; and (ii) comment on the relationship between minority groups and ethnic groups, with specif…
The 1983 constitution of South Africa — towards democracy or not
1985). The 1983 constitution of South Africa — towards democracy or not? Politikon: Vol. 12, No. 2, pp. 79-85
Consociational Democracy and Bargaining Power
Die grondwetlike voorstelle van die Kwazulu‐natal Indaba as raamwerk vir die beskerming van groepsbelange: N Vergelykende Perspektief
The protection of group interests is a dominant theme in the debate on constitutional reform in South Africa. In this article the capacity of the constitutional proposals of the KwaZulu/Natal Indaba to ensure that group domination is prevented, is compared with that of the 1983 constitution of South Africa. Particular emphasis is given to the rationale behind this constitution, i.e. the 1982 President's Council Report. The conclusion is drawn tha…
Ethnic and minority groups, and constitutional change in South Africa
(1988). Ethnic and minority groups, and constitutional change in South Africa. Journal of Contemporary African Studies: Vol. 7, No. 1-2, pp. 133-147
Contending regime models and the contest for the middle ground in South African politics
One of the necessary conditions for a process of substantive bargaining is the existence of a contract zone. Given the nature of the contending regime models being promoted in South Africa, and the context of scarcity, inequality and polarization, a contract zone cannot be assumed to exist, which severely constrains the bargained transformation of South Africa into a post‐apartheid society. A process of bargaining about bargaining in which the ai…
Bargaining about Bargaining: Inducing the Self-Negating Prediction in Deeply Divided Societies—The Case of South Africa
The problem of specifying the empirical conditions of, and prescriptive guidelines for, conflict resolution in deeply divided societies such as South Africa presents a challenge to both political theorists and public policy makers. The aim of this article is to assess the prospects for conflict resolution in South Africa by evaluating two divergent theoretically informed predictions for South Africa. I draw on aspects of bargaining theories that …
Bargaining power: Dependence capabilities and tactical options in South African politics
The aim of this research note is to outline a research agenda for the analysis of power relations within the ongoing bargaining process in South African politics. The chosen theoretical perspective, that of S. B. Bacharach and E.J. Lawler, is considered appropriate to the current South African context as it offers an analysis of bargaining relationships which precede specific negotiating events and extend beyond these events. By viewing the barga…
Books in review
The State, Civil Society, and Democratic Transition in South Africa: A Survey of Elite Attitudes
The presence of civil society is widely recognized as a crucially important component of the foundation of stable democracy. Divided societies can be expected to be lacking in this attribute. Yet claims have been made for the existence of a civil society in South Africa, which is usually typified as a leading example of a deeply divided society. The importance of this claim for the consolidation of democracy lies in the fact that negotiators were…
Reconciliation, reconstruction and identity politics in South Africa: A 1994 survey of elite attitudes after apartheid
The transition to South Africa's first democratic constitution was achieved despite the obstacles imposed by a history of conflict between communities with sharply differing identities based on race and/or language. The authoritative explanations thus far, based on qualitative analyses, is that the transition was driven by elites who were able to transcend these historical cleavages. We report on a quantitative data set based on a survey of elite…
Book rviews
Michael Billig, Banal Nationalism. London: Sage, 1995. Pp.vii + 200. $65 (hbk) ISBN 0 8039 7524 4, $21.95 (pbk) 0 8039 7525 2. John Bodnar (ed), Bonds of Affection: Americans Define their Patriotism. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1996. Pp.viii + 352. $55 (hbk) ISBN 0691 04397 3, (pbk) ISBN 0–691–04396–5 Partha Chatterjee, The Nation and Its Fragments: Colonial and Post‐colonial Histories. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, …
Peacebuilding in Africa: Prospects for security and democracy beyond the state
Political culture and democracy: The South African case
South Africa joined the 'third wave of democracy' in 1994, when the country conducted its first democratic elections. Since then, much debate about the extent of democratic consolidation has taken place. The present article analyses the possibilities for consolidation of South Africa's democracy in terms of the indicators of political culture most often associated with democratic consolidation: political tolerance and trust. The research consists…
South Africa's Brittle Peace: The Problem of Post-Settlement Violence
Parity of Esteem”: A Conceptual Framework for Assessing Peace Processes, with a South African Case Study
In the first part of this article a conceptual framework for assessing the durability of negotiated peace settlements is developed. The framework elaborates on approaches that hold that dealing with issues of relative group status is central to the effectiveness of negotiated settlements. The dynamics of post-settlement competition, the negotiated rules that shape such competition, and the impact of competitive outcomes on inter-group status, whe…
A Disparity of Esteem: Relative Group Status in Northern Ireland after the Belfast Agreement
Using the case of a deeply divided society (Northern Ireland) in the aftermath of a major peace accord, this article combines two methodological approaches to assess the public reception of the peace accord and its impact on intergroup competition. The social psychological concept of esteem (central to social identity theory) and time‐series data are used to assess intergroup relations between Protestant‐unionists and Catholic‐nationalists in Nor…
Electoral Systems and the Contest for Relative Group Status in Post-Conflict Societies: The Case of the 2009 Election in South Africa
Empirical support appears to be growing for the claimed effectiveness of proportional electoral systems in contributing to lasting peace in post-conflict societies. We raise two objections against this claim. Firstly, we argue that the theoretical rationale for this causal effect, as presented in consociational theory, is inadequate, in lacking a psychological mechanism for moderation. We argue that the capacity of constitutional arrangements to …
The evolution of support for democratic regime principles and its alternatives
The aim of this paper is to examine the claim that “most people in almost every country worldwide prefer democracy over other types of regimes” against new data, so as to add to the global map of popular perceptions about their support for various regime types. We describe measured changes in levels of public support in 49 countries over four waves of the World Values Survey on three levels: country specific, regional–continental, and global. We …
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