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A Spatial Model of Authority-Dependency Relations in South Africa

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 November 2008

Charles F. Schmidt
Charles F. Schmidt
Affiliation:
Department of Geography, University of Botswana, Lesotho, and Swaziland at Kwaluseni
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Solutions to old problems are sometimes found in new paradigms and models which provide alternative means of approach and analysis. It is suggested here that South Africa's socio-economic and political problems, stemming from the country's multi-ethnic structure, may be viewed within a conceptual framework that emphasises the spatial dimensions of the associated conflict. A model suitable for understanding this will stress the many disparities and tensions between the white core élites and those black counter-élites – including the leaders in the Homelands – who are emerging from the subdominant peripheral groups. Moreover, an analysis of the interaction between core and periphery will highlight the transformation necessary to reduce and resolve the conflict between whites and blacks in the South African spatial system and so promote their more equitable development?

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Africana
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The Journal of Modern African Studies , Volume 13 , Issue 3 , September 1975 , pp. 483 - 490
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1975

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Page 485 note 1 Ibid. pp. 87–92.

Page 485 note 2 Ibid. p. 87.

Page 486 note 1 Ibid. pp. 91–2.

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