Apartheid State in Crisis

• Introduction: Political Change and the South African State1: Backdrop: The Securing of White Supremacy2: Cracks in the Monolith3: Confronting Contradictions4: Change and Continuity: Pretoria's Reform Program5: From Reform to Insurrection6: Chaos and Transformation: The Insurrectionary Process7: International Reaction and Domestic Realignment8: Pretoria's Response: From Autarky and Counter-Revolution to Negotiations9: An End to White Supremacy?Index

'Price describes well the government's response to Soweto and the risings of the mid-1980s ... He is equally effective in outlining the rise of people's power ... Price is most successful in his examination of the internal scene, where he knits together economic, social and political forces.' James Barber, Times Higher Education Supplement