Apartheid-era South Africa, as realized, 1948-1994
20th Century · realized scope
A system of government in South Africa built around legislation that classified the population by race and organized political, economic, and social structures along those classifications. It operated from 1948, when the National Party came to power, until 1994, when the country held its first universal-suffrage elections. The system was constituted through a body of statutes including the Population Registration Act, the Group Areas Act, and the Separate Amenities Act.
Cluster:Extractive Rule
Tradition & Continuity leads the elevations, with Authority & Hierarchy, Material Aspiration, and Security & Stability high beside it, while Knowledge & Truth and Care & Welfare are strongly depressed and the procedural Principles run low. Elevated Material Aspiration is the distinctive marker among the hierarchical clusters. What separates it from Mobilized Absolutism is degree: the depressions here are shallower and the elevations less extreme.
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Neighbors
- 1Confederate States of America, as realized, 1861-1865Distance: 13Compare
- 2Myanmar Military Junta, as realized, 1962-presentDistance: 15Compare
- 3North Korea (DPRK), as realized, 2015-presentDistance: 15Compare
- 4Islamic State (ISIS), as realized, 2014-2019Distance: 15Compare
- 5Taliban Afghanistan, as realized, 2015-presentDistance: 15Compare
The Three Axes (Detail)
Each bar is one pole’s pull, pointing the way it pushes the result. The dot is where the two pulls add up.