Fragility and the State: Post-apartheid South Africa and the State-Society Contract in the 21st Century
Fragility and the State: Post-apartheid South Africa and the State-Society Contract in the 21st Century
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ACCORD
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2013
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African Journal on Conflict Resolution
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African Journal on Conflict Resolution, Vol. 13, No. 2, 2013, pp. 87-112
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This article looks at the political system in South Africa and argues that the country is possibly moving towards a condition of state fragility. In particular, the author suggests that the increase in service-delivery protests and the changing nature of politics in the country show that the contract between the state and society is weakening, leading to increasing state fragility.
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CITATION: Connolly, Lesley. Fragility and the State: Post-apartheid South Africa and the State-Society Contract in the 21st Century . : ACCORD , 2013. African Journal on Conflict Resolution, Vol. 13, No. 2, 2013, pp. 87-112 - Available at: https://library.au.int/fragility-and-state-post-apartheid-south-africa-and-state-society-contract-21st-century-3