EDITORS:
Bill Freund, Gerhard Mare^ Vishnu Padayachee (University of Natal), John
Daniel, Adam Habib (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).
LAYOUT: Philip Daniel
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issues as references and notes) of articles in this issue of TRANSFORMATION.
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of criteria will guide the editors in section 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
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                                    ISSN: 0258 - 7696


TRANS                                           37(1998)
 FORM
ATION
 CONTENTS
Articles
PRIVATISATION, PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS             I
AND OUT-SOURCING: THE CHALLENGE TO LOCAL
GOVERNANCE
   DAVID HEMSON examines the merits of two approaches
   to local government service provision.
CHANGING SOCIO-ECONOMIC SETTING OF THE                29
HIGHLANDS REGIONS AS A RESULT OF THE
LESOTHO HIGHLANDS WATER PROJECT
   KHABELE MATLOSA examines the impact on the
  Highlands' communities of Lesotho's largest
  investment project, the Highlands' Water Project.
THE CONSTRUCTION OF STATE AND                         46
DEVELOPMENT SUBJECT IN RURAL
KWAZULU-NATAL: IMPLICATIONS OF
DOMINANT DISCOURSES IN THE KWAZULU-
NATAL RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME


   CHRISTINE MACDONALD examines the
   implications of emerging discourses in Kwa-Zulu's
   Land Reform Pilot Project for, inter alia,
   consolidating state authority in rural areas.
A PROVOCATION: THE REVIVAL OF PRAGMATIST               64
THOUGHT AND SOUTH AFRICAN SOCIAL SCIENCE
   JONATHAN HYSLOP discusses the relevance to
   contemporary South African social science
   of the Pragmatist philosophy of William James.
Review Articles
   ANDREE ODENDAAL'S and SADIE FORMAN'S                84
   edited collection of the writings of Lionel Forman
   is reviewed by JAMES CAMPBELL.
   HEINMARAIS' analysis of the post-apartheid         101
   political economy is reviewed by ADAM HABIB.