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EDITORS:
Bill Freund, Gerhard Mart, Mike Morris (University of Natal),
Vishnu Padayachee (University of Durban-Westville)
CORRESPONDING EDITORS:
Colin Bundy, Robert Davies (University of the Western-Cape), Stephen Gelb, Shireen Hassim,
Mala Singh (University of Durban-Westville), Peter Hudson, Debbie Posel (University of the
Witwatersrand), David Kaplan, Dave Lewis, Mary Simons (University of Cape Town),
Francie Lund, Yvonne Muthien (University of Natal).
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATE EDITORS:
Gillian Hart (University of California, Berkeley), Mahmood Mamdani (Centre of Basic
Research, Kampala), Martin Murray (SUNY Binghamton), Robin Murray (University of
Sussex), Dan O'Meara (University de Quebec a Montreal), Terence Ranger (University of
Oxford), filling N Tj0nneland (Christian Michelsen Institute, Norway), Gavin Williams
(University of Oxford).
Readers will note a new editorial format for Transformation. We are now creating two separate
categories, one of editors within the country who can play a supporting task for the journal,
and another, of foreign editors, who will also be able to aid the journal but inevitably at a
greater distance. The present list is still somewhat incomplete as we await correspondence
with nominated individuals.
LAYOUT BY: Marion Evans
PUBLICATION GUIDELINES:
We ask contributors to submit two (2) typed copies, following the format (on such issues as
references and notes) of articles in this issue of TRANSFORMATION. Whilst the journal
will cater far work at any level of abstraction, or detail, a number of criteria will guide the editors
in selection of material for inclusion. Articles should aim for academic rigour but also clarify the
political implications of the issues discussed. We are concerned not to compete with other South
African journals that may cover related ground but in different ways - this will govern our selection
principles. All articles will be assessed anonymously by the referees. Contributions should
preferably not exceed thefollowinglengths:
Analytical articles: 7 000 words
Debates and review articles: 3 000 words
The views expressed in TRANSFORMATION do not necessarily reflect those of the editors.
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Articles
BEYOND CORPORATISM - TOWARDS NEW FORMS OF
PUBLIC POLICY FORMULATION IN SOUTH AFRICA . .
    In (his journal and elsewhere, corporatism has been explored as a way
    of understanding new attempts at managing economic conflict and
    social change in transitional South Africa. GEOFF SCHREINER
    explores the limits of this concept and suggests new approaches to
    understanding the phenomenon.
COOPERATION AND CONSCIOUSNESS: DEMOCRACY
AND AUTHORITY IN SOUTHERN AFRICAN PRODUCER
COOPERATIVES                                                              23
    Perhaps at the opposite end of the spectrum from corporatism is the
    co-operative model - democratic decision-making by workers. Trade
    unions have sponsored co-operatives in recent years in South Africa
    and MICHELLE ADATO evaluates how they are evolving.
THE NEW ECONOMIC POLICY AND REDISTRD3UTION
IN MALAYSIA: A MODEL FOR POST-APARTHEID
SOUTHAFRICA                                                               44
    After a decade of economic stagnation. South Africans are easily
    swayed by models of spectacular growth which seem to solve
    development problems parallel to our own. Amongst the second
    generation of Newly Industrialised Countries, the model of choice is
    clearly ethnically divided, ex-colonial Malaysia. GILLIAN HART
    considers the value of the Malaysian model for South Africa in this
    article.


Review
SOUTH AFRICA AND THE WORLD ECONOMY                                            60
    Pauline Baker etal's South Africa and the World Economy in the 1990s
    is reviewed by BILL FREUND
Articles
TOWARDS A NEW RURAL SOCIAL GOVERNMENT
SYSTEM IN SOUTH AFRICA: POSSIBLE OPTIONS                                      64
    The present unsatisfactory system of rural administration is criticised
    by AL ASTAIR MCINTOSH, who arguesfor an alternative and a way
    of transforming existing structures.
OVERCOMING THE SISTERHOOD MYTH                                                78
    "Sisters", despite some utopianfeminist thinking, do not all really share
    the same objectives or outlook. Yet FIDELA FOUCHE believes that
    there may be a way out of this dilemma that can maintain the integrity
    of a feminist movement.