The apparent complicity of South African Jews with apartheid rule is of social scientific interest in that it is unexpected. Pronounced left-liberalism is considered to be the default position of Jewish politics in Western societies. Yet in South Africa, while a small minority of Jews were conspicuous players in left-radicalism, the vast majority of Jews seem to have complied with the discriminations and injustices of apartheid. This thesis challenges the commonplace assumption that the political records of SA Jewry under apartheid refutes the oft-noted pattern of left-liberalism among modern Jews in the Diaspora. I argue that political actions do not necessarily reflect political values, especially under authoritarian regimes. Jews may strongly subscribe to liberal values, but, as a result of pressures both extrinsic and intrinsic to their particular communities, be less able or less willing to express these values in a politically overt manner than Jews elsewhere. I suggest that, in the South African case, voting patterns and official postures obscure rather a Jewish preference for liberal values. The Jewish community in SA while unusually cohesive was, like other Diaspora communities, not monolithic. The ???united front??? presented by the Jewish community in apartheid SA disguised a predictably diverse range of political opinion. It is appropriate that our quest to understand and explain political values goes beyond that which is openly expressed and peers into the shadows of political behaviour. The point is not to morally redeem the South African community, whose record, after all, may still be found wanting. Rather, it is to recognise that hidden in the official deliberations and directives, and in the domestic dilemmas and incidental actions of SA Jews, is the material from which we may form a fuller picture of SA Jewish political values. More generally the case highlights the complexity of studying, comparing, and generalising about political behaviour.

Bibliography: leaves 387-404. / xix, 404 leaves ; 30 cm. / Title page, contents and abstract only. The complete thesis in print form is available from the University Library. / South Australia is unique amongst Australian States insofar as s82(1) of the Education Act 1972 vests the director-General of Education, rather than the minister of Education, with de jure control of State school curriculum. This locus of control is at odds with the well-established democratic convention that Ministers control the directive policy components of their portfolios. This thesis describes how this mode of curriculum control came about, its nature and implications, and mounts a challenge to its legitimacy. (abstract) / Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Adelaide, Dept. of Politics, 1998

Typescript (photocopy) / 218 leaves : ill., fold. charts ; 30 cm. / Title page, contents and abstract only. The complete thesis in print form is available from the University Library. / Thesis (Ph.D.) Dept. of Physics, University of Adelaide, 1982

Typescript (Photocopy) / xiv, 535 leaves : ill., maps (1 col.), ports ; 30 cm. / Title page, contents and abstract only. The complete thesis in print form is available from the University Library. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Adelaide, Dept. of History, 1983

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Thesis (Ph.D.)--Tufts University, 2004. / Advisers: Modhumita Roy; Christina Sharpe. Submitted to the Dept. of English. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 254-274). Access restricted to members of the Tufts University community. Also available via the World Wide Web;

Thesis (doctoral)--Göteborg University, 2007. / Abstract (2 p.) inserted. Includes bibliographical references (p. 357-379).

Thesis (B.A. Hons.)--University of Adel., 1967. / [Typescript].

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Melbourne, Dept. of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine,Dentistry and Health Sciences, 2006. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 278-292).

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Wollongong, 2005. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references: leaf 255-272.