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Ethnicity and federalism: the case of KwaZulu/Natal
Journal of southern African studies • 20 (3) • Published In 1994 • Pages: 433-446
By: de Haas, Mary, Zulu, Paulus.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This paper attempts to highlight some of the reasons why the political parties in KwaZulu-Natal, represented primarily by Inkatha and the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP), were particularly attached to the notion of a federal constitution for the state. In the first part of this study the authors examine the historical and contemporary background to this attachment, then give close attention to the details of the IFP's KwaZulu-Natal constitutional proposal released in 1992. This is the most recent, and commprehensive, statement of the IFP's position regarding federalism, and it is reasonable to suppose that the principles enunciated in this document will play a significant part in shaping the IFP's perspective on the issue of a final constitution for some time to come (p. 434). In addition to the major topic noted above the authors also provide additional information on class, politics and political elites, custom, culture and the meaning of Zulu identity, the role of indigeneous leaders, and political violence in Zulu society.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Cultural identity and pride
- Ingroup antagonisms
- Provinces
- Form and rules of government
- External relations
- Political parties
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Zulu
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2005
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southern Africa
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 2004
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- ca.1980-1994
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- ca. 1948-1990s
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa
- NotesAdditional notes
- Mary de Haas and Paulus Zulu
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 75642679
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Zulu (African people)