Wednesday, August 27, 2008

JGD 210 Assignment (1994 election)

Regarding your assignment on the negotiations between the political parties that led to the 1994 election, the following:


1:Consult SAMedia (for South African Newspaper articles) under "Education Databasis" on our website.


  • I would suggest you use the following as keywords (use in combination): political parties, CODESA, Meyer (as in Roelf Meyer), Ramaphoza (as in Cyril Ramaphosa), election, etc.

  • I would also suggest you choose the following "Publication Date Range" : 19900101-19961231.

2:Consult ISAP (Index to SA articles) under "Education Databasis" on our website. (This is not a full text database, which means that you will have to access the articles via the source in which it was published via 'Journals' on our website. )

  • Use the following as possible keywords : political parties, election 1994

As a "lolly' from me, I provide you with the bibliographic details of the following article to be searched from Journals on our website:

Title: Democratization in South Africa.
Authors: Giliomee, Hermann
Source: Political Science Quarterly; Spring95, Vol. 110 Issue 1, p83, 22p
Subject Terms: *DEMOCRACY SOUTH Africa -- Politics & government
Abstract: Examines the nature of the democratization process in South Africa. Prospects for consolidation of a democracy in South Africa; View that South Africa lacks pre-conditions for a liberal democracy; Inability of a single political party to solve the country's racial or tribal conflicts.

Lastly but not least - come and ask for help! Sonja