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State of the Nation: South Africa 2003-2004 State of the Nation: South Africa 2003-2004 Author(s): Daniel, J, Habib, A, Southall, R 210mm x 148mm 256pp ISBN: 0-7969-2024-9 R 160.00 2003 Publisher: HSRC   Description State of the Nation 2003-2004 draws on a long tradition of critical, analytical scholarship to provide an outstanding contribution to our understanding of South Africa at this moment in history. First in a series by leading South African intellectuals on the state of post-apartheid South Africa, this volume provides: Insightful analysis of post-apartheid polity, the state of the state, its political parties and wider civil society An in-depth look at the complex issues of employment, unemployment and the changing nature of trade unionism Detailed examinations of aspects of the socail environment such as race relations, land reforms and education Informed assessments of South Africa's relations with Africa and the wider world including the increasing South Africanisation of the African economy. Within each focal area, the authors reflect on the inherited apartheid legacy, review the policy and other initiatives introduced to overcome that legacy and then dissect the impact of these initiatives.   Table of contents List of tables List of figures Acronyms Preface Introduction PART I: POLITICS 1 The state of the state: Contestation and race re-assertion in a neoliberal terrain 2 The state of party politics: Struggles within the Tripartite Alliance and the decline of opposition 3 An imperfect past: The Truth and Reconciliation Commission in transition 4 The state of race relations in post-apartheid South Africa 5 The state of local government: Third-generation issues PART II: ECONOMY 6 The state of the economy: A crisis of employment 7 The state of employment and unemployment in South Africa 8 The state of trade unionism in post-apartheid South Africa 9 The state of the labour market in contemporary South Africa PART III: SOCIETY 10 State-civil society relations in post-apartheid South Africa 11 The state of families in South Africa 12 The state of curriculum reform in South Africa: The issue of Curriculum 2005 13 The state of higher education in South Africa: From massification to mergers 14 HIV/AIDS policy-making in post-apartheid South Africa 15 The land question in contemporary South Africa PART IV: SOUTH AFRICA IN AFRICA AND THE WORLD 16 South Africa as an emerging middle power: 1994–2003 17 The South Africans have arrived: Post-apartheid corporate expansion into Africa Contributors Index