South Africa
Violence, Myths, and Democratic Reform
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6411272 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David D Laitin (0000-0002-7911-7089, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1987 |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 258-279 |
| Publication date | 1987-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | World Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0043-8871 • E-ISSN: 1086-3338 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2010442 |
| OpenAlex | W2160258350 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 20 |
Experience shows thatframing of a future, in some indeterminate time, may, when it is done in a certain way, be very effective, and have few inconveniences; this happens when the anticipations of the future take the form of those myths ... which give an aspect of complete reality to the hopes of immediate action by which more easily than by any other method, men can reform their desires, passions, and mental activity. ... The myth must be judged as a means of acting on the present; any attempt to discuss how far it can be taken literally as future history is devoid of sense. It isthe myth in its entirety which is alone important
Action (physics · Democracy · Epistemology · Framing (construction · Mythology · Passions · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Theology · African cultural and philosophical studies · History · Law · Philosophy · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare · Psychology · South African History and Culture
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Democracy in Plural Societies
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Small States in World Markets
Critical comments on Lijphart's theory of consociational democracy
The Liberal Dilemma in South Africa
Beyond Constructive Engagement
The Politics of Accommodation
Ethnic Conflict in the Western World
State Versus Ethnic Claims
Consociationalism and Accommodation in Switzerland
Internal Colonialism, Federalism and Alternative State Development Strategies
An Analysis of Consociational Democracy
The Consociational Model and Its Dangers
The Conditions for Consociational Democracy
Pillars of Sand
Stability in Deeply Divided Societies
The Apartheid Regime
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,11 |
| Citation span | 1988 - 2000 (13) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |