Pierre du Toit is a Professor in the Department of Political Science at Stellenbosch University. In 1992 he was awarded a Peace Fellowship from the Jennings Randolph Program for International Peace at the United States Institute of Peace in Washington, with a focus on the role of the state in democratic transitions. The results of this research project were published in the book State Building and Democracy in Southern Africa: Botswana, Zimbabwe and South Africa (USIP Press, 1995). His subsequent research has been on the durability of negotiated peace settlements, which is the topic of his 2001 book South Africa's Brittle Peace: The Problem of Post-Settlement Violence (Palgrave-Macmillan,). He is the recipient of a Fulbright New Century Scholars Award for 2002-2003. His latest book, co-authored with Prof Hennie Kotze, is called Liberal Democracy and Peace in South Africa: The Pursuit of Freedom as Dignity (Palgrave Macmillan, 2011).
A very useful resource for students of comparative politics, international studies, and African affairs. Du Toit's book represents a landmark achievement as the first rigorously argued comparative analysis of political institutions in Southern Africa.
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