ABSTRACT

In December 2017, South Africa’s ruling party, the ANC, announced that they will adopt expropriation of land without compensation and free higher education for 90% of students. These policy positions had been associated with the radical left-wing EFF party. This article asks whether the EFF influenced the ANC policy shifts and if they did, how? Leveraging Williams (2006)’s theory of peripheral party impact and the process tracing method, the study finds evidence of EFF direct causal contribution on ANC policy shift on land reform and strong grounds for inferring indirect influence of the EFF on ANC policy shift on higher education funding. Data sources included policy documents, manifestos, speeches by ANC and EFF political leaders and parliamentary motions. The study contributes to the literature on peripheral party impact and understanding populism in Africa.

摘要

2017年12月，南非执政党非国大宣布，将采取无偿征地和90%学生免费高等教育的方式。这些政策立场与激进的左翼 EFF 政党有关。本文询问 EFF 是否影响了 ANC 的政策转变，如果影响了，又是如何影响的？利用威廉姆斯 (2006) 的外围政党影响理论和过程追踪方法，该研究发现了 EFF 对 ANC 土地改革政策转变的直接因果贡献的证据，以及推断 EFF 对 ANC 政策转变的间接影响在更高层次上的有力依据。教育经费。数据来源包括政策文件、宣言、非国大和 EFF 政治领导人的演讲以及议会动议。