LIBERAL DEMOCRACY AND PEACE IN SA THE PURSUIT OF FREEDOM AS DIGNITY (H/C)

SOUTH AFRICA'S TRANSITION TO DEMOCRACY WAS MET BY THE GLOBAL AUDIENCE WITH AT FIRST, DISBELIEF, FOLLOWED LATER BY APPLAUSE. THIS TRANSITION IS AS MUCH A PEACE PROCESS AS ONE OF DEMOCRATIZATION. AFTER FIFTEEN YEARS OF DEMOCRACY BIG QUESTIONS REMAIN HAS A MORE DEMOCRATIC REGIME ALSO LEAD TO A MORE LIBERAL SOCIETY? AND HAS DEMOCRACY MADE FOR A MORE PEACEFUL SOCIETY? WE ADDRESS THESE QUESTIONS THROUGH SURVEY RESEARCH OF PUBLIC ATTITUDES AND VALUES IN SOUTH AFRICA COVERING THE TRANSITION FROM 1981 TO 2006, AND AN ELITE SURVEY COVERING THE YEARS FROM 1990 TO 2007.