A review of A Democratic South Africa? Constitutional Engineering in a Divided Society, by Donald L. Horowitz.
About the Author
Frederik van Zyl Slabbert, a former member of the South African Parliament and leader of the Progressive Federal Party, is director of planning and policy for the Institute for a Democratic Alternative for South Africa (IDASA).
Democracy’s fortunes rose in Africa in the 1990s, but more recently have been in retreat. The forces of democratic resurgence remain in play, however, as a look at the key…