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Negotiating a Democratic Order in South Africa: Learning from Mediation and Industrial Relations
Author(s) -
Hirschsohn Philip
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
negotiation journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.238
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1571-9979
pISSN - 0748-4526
DOI - 10.1111/j.1571-9979.1996.tb00086.x
Subject(s) - negotiation , mediation , democracy , politics , order (exchange) , political economy , collective bargaining , political science , industrial relations , trade union , sociology , law , economics , international trade , finance
Labor law reform in South Africa unintentionally precipitated the rapid growth of a powerful black trade union movement and institutionalized collective bargaining in the 1980s. Despite the political crisis, the Independent Mediation Service of South Africa helped to disseminate the culture and practice of negotiated order, developed in industrial relations, to the broader society and national politics. As a result of the negotiated transition, the new democratic order is characterized by inclusive, consensus‐building policy‐making processes.