Thesis sumitted to the Faculty of Social Studies, for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at the Oxford University. This thesis includes chapters on the National Party,1948-1961; Afrikaner Social Stratification during the 1950s; The Afrikaner Nationalist Alliance and Capital; The South African Bureau of Racial Affairs and Apartheid; The Dutch Reformed Church and Apartheid; Christian-Nationalist Ideology, 1941-1961.