critical
perspectives
on
Southern
Africa


 EDITORS:
 Bill Freund, Gerhard Mar6, Mike Morris, Vishnu Padayachee (University of Natal),
John Daniel (University of Durban-Westville).
 CORRESPONDING EDITORS:
 Colin Bundy (University of the Western Cape), Debbie Posel (University of the
Witwatersrand), David Kaplan, Dave Lewis, Mary Simons, Mahmood Mamdani
 (University of Cape Town).
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATE EDITORS:
 Henry Bernstein (SOAS, University of London), Gillian Hart (University of
 California), Martin Murray (SUNY Binghamton), Dan O'Meara (University de
 Quebec a Montreal), Terence Ranger (University of Oxford), John Saul (York
 University), Elling N Tj0nneland (Christian Michelsen Institute, Norway), Gavin
Williams (University of Oxford).
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TRANS                                                             33 (1997)
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CONTENTS
Articles
HEALTH AND POLICE UNIONISM IN THE EASTERN
CAPE; ATTITUDES, PERCEPTIONS AND PROSPECTS
     The trade union movement became a powerful factor in South African
     politics during the resistance era. However, public sector unionism,
     argues GEOFFREY WOOD, has only come into its own since the
     political transition and the creation of a democratic government. He
     looks into the strengths and weaknesses of this focus of organization,
     taking two sectors in one province as a case study.
SISTERS ON SLIPPERY WHEELS: WOMEN TAXI                                      18
DRIVERS IN SOUTH AFRICA
     MESHACK M. KHOSA considers a previously neglected dimension
     in the assessment of social change and the transport sector in
     contemporary South Africa: gender. In-depth interviewing helps us to
     understand how women experience this sector.
Commentary
AN INTEGRATED RURAL DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY                                    34
FOR KWA ZULU NATAL: TOWARDS THE FORMULATION
OF AN EFFECTIVE POLICY
     Since 1994, the formulation of new strategies for development has
     become a top priority. Current literature emphasises the regional and
     the local. ANNE VAUGHAN argues for the effective formulation of
      locally directed strategies in this critical study.


AN EXPERIENCE OF DEINDUSTRIALISATION-                                        58
LESSONS FROM BRITAIN'S INDUSTRIAL
PERFORMANCE SINCE 1960
    JONATHAN MICHIE looks at modern British economic history as
    a classic study in industrial stagnation or decline. He makes explicit a
    critique of South Africa's current neo-liberal economic policy through
    an attempted comparison.
Debate
RESEARCH, POLICY-MAKING AND THE ADVENT OF                                    70
DEMOCRACY: A REPLY TO MAX PRICE
    Looking at the history and current situation of the Sociology of Work
    Project at the University of the Witwatersrand, EDDIE WEBSTER
    considers some different aspects of research organisations and the
    nature of critical intellectual activity in the changing South African
    political environment.
Reviews
    MIKE MARQUSEE's Anyone but England; Cricket and the
    National Malaise is reviewed by VISHNU PADAYACHEE
    LEON DE KOCK responds to DAVID JOHNSON'S                        review
    JOHNSON replies.