Electoral Politics in South Africa: Assessing the First Democratic Decade

Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 8
Acknowledgments......Page 11
Part 1 A Decade of Democracy......Page 14
One: A Voice for Some: South Africa\'s Ten Years of Democracy......Page 16
Two: The Electoral Implications of Social and Economic Change since 1994......Page 36
Three: Voter Information, Government Evaluations, and Party Images in the First Democratic Decade......Page 53
Four: Parliament and the Electoral System: How Are South Africans Being Represented?......Page 77
Five: Electoral Administration: Achievements and Continuing Challenges......Page 100
Part 2 The Party Campaigns......Page 120
Six: The African National Congress: There Is No Party Like It; Ayikho Efana Nayo......Page 122
Seven: The Democratic Alliance: Progress and Pitfalls......Page 142
Eight: The Inkatha Freedom Party: Between the Impossible and the Ineffective......Page 161
Nine: The New National Party: The End of the Road......Page 179
Ten: Struggling to Represent the Left: The Pan Africanist Congress, the Azanian People\'s Organization, and the Independent Democrats......Page 200
Eleven: The Smallest Parties: The ACDP, UCDP, FF+, MF, and UDM......Page 220
Part 3 Results and Assessment......Page 242
Twelve: Media Coverage in Election 2004: Were Some Parties More Equal Than Others?......Page 244
Thirteen: The Results of Election 2004: Looking Back, Stepping Forward......Page 263
List of Contributors......Page 304
C......Page 307
F......Page 308
N......Page 309
Y......Page 310