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Voices of a New Democracy – CPS Focus Group Report
Report | November 1, 1994 | 83 pages
This survey provides a detailed and in-depth assessment of South African opinions regarding the country’s recent transition to a democratic society and its ability to address social and economic disparity. National sentiments reflect a sharp awareness of the government’s limitations and restrictions in meeting popular needs, an understanding reflected at both an economic and political level. While criticism exists, disillusioned expectations are fairly limited. The report shows that nationals are prepared to accept less in order to spread benefits more widely and equally, revealing hopeful yet realistic expectations of future progress in the country.
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The focus group findings shatter perhaps the most important claim of the currently fashionable pessimism – that ‘the masses’ are unhappy with the government because of its failure to meet their expectations of change.
