Introduction: The second phase - tragedy or farce? Devan Pillay INTRODUCTION TO PART 1: Party, power and class John Daniel CHAPTER 1: The power elite in democratic South Africa: Race and class in a fractured society Roger Southall CHAPTER 2: The ANC circa 201213: Colossus in decline? Susan Booysen CHAPTER 3: Fragile multiclass alliances compared: Some unlikely parallels between the National Party and the African National Congress Paul Maylam CHAPTER 4: Predicaments of postapartheid social movement politics: The Anti-Privatisation Forum in Johannesburg Ahmed Veriava and Prishani Naidoo INTRODUCTION To PART 2: Ecology, economy and labour Devan Pillay CHAPTER 5: Mass unemployment and the low wage regime in South Africa Dick Forslund CHAPTER 6: Nationalisation and the mines Martin Nicol CHAPTER 7: Broad-based BEE? HCI's empowerment model and the syndicalist tradition William Atwell CHAPTER 8: 'Ask for a camel when you expect to get a goat': Contentious politics and the climate justice movement Jacklyn Cock CHAPTER 9: Hydraulic fracturing in South Africa: Correcting the democratic deficits David Fig INTRODUCTION TO PART 3: Public policy and social practice Prishani Naidoo CHAPTER 10: Understanding the persistence of low levels of skills in South Africa Stephanie Allais CHAPTER 11: Equity, quality and access in South African education: A work still very much in progress Shireen Motala CHAPTER 12: Health sector reforms and policy implementation in South Africa: A paradox? Laetitia Rispel and Julia Moorman CHAPTER 13: Cadre deployment versus merit? Reviewing politicisation in the public service Vinothan Naidoo CHAPTER 14: Traditional male initiation: Culture and the Constitution Louise Vincent INTRODUCTION TO PART 4: South Africa at large Roger Southall CHAPTER 15: South Africa and the BRIC: Punching above its weight? Sanusha Naidu CHAPTER 16: The Swazi Nation, the Swazi government and the South African connection John Daniel and Marisha Ramdeen