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).
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