Against the tide by Steven Friedman

The coalition government's latest crisis is the fault of its two largest parties, who put their dislike of each other before sensible strategy. But the real culprit is the constitution, which does not allow time for parties to hammer out coalition agreements which might last  

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Steven Friedman is a public commentator and an academic, currently employed as a Research Professor at the University of Johannesburg. He has been writing on South African politics for the entire democratic period both as a scholar and public commentator. He has published books on South Africa’s transition to democracy, the role of the trade union movement, and current South African politics. He has also written columns and articles for several South African newspapers. His writing seeks to use academic research to shed light on current politics but to ensure that this is conveyed in a way easily understood by people who have no academic training.