Du Toit, Pierre. 2001. South Africa's Brittle Peace: the Problem of Post-Settlement Violence.

Houndmills, U.K.; and New York: Palgrave 222 pp.

Studies of South Africa's transition have proliferated in recent years, seeking explanations for the collapse of apartheid, for the actors and issues animating the miraculous political transformation, and for the challenges confronting the new order. None of these studies come close to Pierre du Toit's magisterial account of the problems of postsettlement violence. It is refreshing to find a study that anchors the South African transition in the rich conceptual literature on state-building, yet remains accessible to a wide ...

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