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household_or_labour_survey_microdata: other opinion polls

Literature › Primary sources

Kind household or labour survey microdata
Producer Various
Coverage 1970s-2001
Works using it 10

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Debates

Debate Works
Sanctions, disinvestment and the anti-apartheid movement 6
Why apartheid ended: reform, transition and elite bargaining 4
Liberal vs revisionist: was apartheid functional or dysfunctional for capitalist growth? 4
Post-apartheid economic policy, governance and corruption 4
Cheap labour thesis and the function of the reserves 2
The job colour bar, white labour and its erosion 2
Origins, coherence and ideology of apartheid and Afrikaner nationalism 2
The state and capital: instrumentalism, autonomy and fractions of capital 1
Racial wage gaps, wage convergence and wage determination 1

Works using this source

Work As cited Period How used
Barber (1991) Unspecified surveys of BBC World Service listenership in South Africa c.1990-1991 Establishes that only 2.4% of whites and 0.5% of blacks are regular BBC listeners.
Bond (2004) Johannesburg Metropolitan Council Attitude Survey (2000/2001) 2000 Documents resident dissatisfaction with electricity, water and toilets, broken down by race.
Charney (1984) Star Retail Data Library survey, April 1982 (Johannesburg-area whites, socio-economic status and attitudes to integration) April 1982 Table 1 shows class position (A-D) rather than language group differentiates white attitudes to school, transport and racial integration.
Freund (1987a) Opinion surveys relied on by Lipton on white and black political attitudes to c.1986 Lipton's surveys are acknowledged to show white attitudes relaxing but are judged dubious on black views.
Giliomee (1995) Opinion polls on electoral expectations and elite attitudes (post-February 1990; end 1989; July 1992-April 1993; white support for ANC mid-1993), incl. E. G. Lombard MA dissertation, Stellenbosch 1991 1989-1993 Establishes ANC expected seat share above 60%, white elite attitudes to negotiation, and NP/ANC support trends.
Giliomee (2003) Institute for Reconciliation and Justice poll (end 2000/early 2001), 3,727 interviews end 2000 - beginning 2001 Shows the continuing appeal of the 'basic idea' of apartheid across groups (Table 1), used to support the claim of the idea's resilience.
Lodge (1998) IDASA Public Opinion Service, POS Reports No. 3, February 1996, 'Parliamentary Ethics and Government Corruption: Playing with Public Trust' 1996 Establishes public perception that most officials are corrupt and that corruption is increasing.
Lodge (1998) Soweto Crime Survey, Marketing and Media Research, January 1996 (Sowetan questionnaire) November 1995 Shows 67% of respondents believe police accept bribes.
Lodge (1998) World Value Survey: South Africa, Summary Report 1996 1996 Supplies second poll showing perceptions of widespread bribery among public servants.
Massie (1997) Opinion surveys: Schlemmer studies, Markinor polls, CASE study (Orkin), Feldberg survey 1970s-1986 Evidence on black and business opinion on disinvestment and sanctions.
Steward (2004a) Unnamed opinion surveys of black South Africans on sanctions 1970s-1980s Used to claim a majority of black South Africans opposed sanctions.
Van Wyk (2005) Opinion surveys: Schlemmer township survey (1991, n=905), HSRC Centre for Conflict Analysis surveys, white voter surveys (n=1312), Lombard elite questionnaire (n=948) 1985-1991 Shows black and white (and elite) support for the ANC and for negotiations, supporting the claim that the economic balance of power had popular acceptance.