The Political Economy Of South Africa

Author : Mills Soko
Publisher : Jonathan Ball Publishers
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2021-09-27
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781920707286

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South Africa and the World by Mills Soko Pdf

Over the past 20 years the global political economy has experienced its most profound shifts since the onset of the industrial revolution. In South Africa and the World, Mills Soko reflects on some of the salient issues that have pervaded public discourse during this time, analysing them within the context of the contemporary South African political economy and of the country's position in the world. Arranged thematically, the essays were all written during a defining period in recent history, a period that has witnessed, among others, the accession of China to the WTO, the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the US, the invention of the iPad, the birth of Facebook, the 2008/9 global financial crisis, Brexit and the global coronavirus pandemic which began at the end of 2019. The turbulent multipolar world demands visionary political and economic leadership, supported by institutions well attuned to contemporary conditions. Such leadership is in short supply. Nor is the existing institutional architecture sufficiently equipped to deal with a complex array of economic, social, environmental, technological and demographic challenges. Mills Soko highlights what has not worked in terms of politics, leadership, foreign policy, the economy, the African development trajectory, corporate ethics, international trade, global governance, and the thread which underlies all these issues – the importance of strong, decisive and accountable leadership. He counters his criticism with what has worked and offers views on how some of the problems that have constrained progress in South Africa and the world can be solved. A central message emerges from his writings: leadership and governance matter, whether in the national or international context. It is a message that permeates all the chapters in the book. And it goes to the heart of what South Africa has gone through over the past two decades and where it is today.

Author : Kevin Danaher
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2019-07-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000304572

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The Political Economy Of U.s. Policy Toward South Africa by Kevin Danaher Pdf

By tracing U.S. involvement in South African political and economic development since the late 1800s, this book analyzes U.S. corporate and government motives for maintaining the political status quo in South Africa. In recent decades, according to the author, U.S. policy toward South Africa has grown more contradictory: Endeavoring to protect the United States's reputation on the question of race, government officials denounce apartheid, yet Washington remains the main force blocking an international response to South African policies. As the situation in South Africa continues to polarize, the U.S. is increasingly isolated in its position of verbally condemning yet materially supporting South Africa's white minority regime--a regime confronting the distinct possibility of civil war.

Author : Ben Fine
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2018-02-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780429975639

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The Political Economy Of South Africa by Ben Fine Pdf

Democratization in South Africa has been accompanied by continuing and even deepening economic inequalities. Rather than proposing a blueprint for a more equable economic system, this book presents the results and implications of wide-ranging research on the history and current dynamics of the South African economy over the past fifty years. The authors analyze a range of strategic economic trajectories, linking these to the shifting balance of economic and political power, and they set the parameters within which the economic and political debates are conducted. }The acclaim with which democratization in South Africa has been greeted has been tempered by the recognition that there are at the same time continuing and even deepening economic inequalities. This is more disturbing given the extreme economic disparity experienced by much of the black population, the retreat from commitments to public ownership enshrined in the Freedom Charter, the unambiguous safeguarding of private capital, and the obstacles placed in the way of progressive economic policies by business interests and the entrenched apartheid-era bureaucracy. Rather than proposing a blueprint for a more equable economic system, this book presents the results and implications of detailed and wide-ranging research on both the history and current dynamics of the South African economy, from the Second World War to the present. The authors analyze a range of strategic economic trajectories, linking these to the shifting balance of economic and political power in South Africa. But their approach is not prescriptive; instead they set the parameters within which the economic and political debates are conducted. They also discuss the theoretical arguments involved in the propositions that they and others have put forward. The books value is enhanced by the comprehensiveness of the data presented, and each chapter is self-contained so that particular topics can be studied separately.

Author : Nicoli Nattrass,Elisabeth Ardington
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105035110498

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The Political Economy of South Africa by Nicoli Nattrass,Elisabeth Ardington Pdf

A collection of essays on the South African political economy, this book addresses a range of issues relevant to the current political and economic climate in South Africa. Chapters include such topics as social democracy; regional development policy; redistribution; black wages; trade unions; unemployment; urbanization; migrant labor; small business; economic sanctions; and poverty.

Author : Gumede, Vusi
Publisher : CODESRIA
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2017-05-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9782869787049

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Political Economy of Post-apartheid South Africa by Gumede, Vusi Pdf

The book, made up of three parts, covers a wide spectrum of political economy issues on post-apartheid South Africa. Although the text is mainly descriptive, to explain various areas of the political economy of post-apartheid South Africa, the first and the last parts provide illuminating insights on the kind of society that is emerging during the twenty-one years of democracy in the country. The book discusses important aspects of the political history of apartheid South Africa and the evolution of post-apartheid society, including an important recap of the history of southern Africa before colonialism. The text is a comprehensive description of numerous political economy phenomena since South Africa gained its political independence and covers some important themes that have not been discussed in detail in other publications on post-apartheid South Africa. The book also updates earlier work of the author on policy and law making, land and agriculture, education and training as well as on poverty and inequality in post-apartheid South Africa thereby providing a wide-ranging overview of the socio-economic development approaches followed by the successive post-apartheid administrations. Interestingly, three chapters focus on various aspects of the post-apartheid South African economy: economic policies, economic empowerment and industrial development. Through the lens of the notion of democratic developmental state and taking apartheid colonialism as a point of departure, the book suggests that, so far, post-apartheid South Africa has mixed socio-economic progress. The author’s extensive experience in the South African government ensures that the book has policy relevance while it is also theoretically sound. The text is useful for anyone who wants to understand the totality of the policies and legislation as well as the political economy interventions pursued since 1994 by the South African Government.

Author : Ayabonga Cawe
Publisher : Jonathan Ball Publishers
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2021-05-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781776260959

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The Economy On Your Doorstep by Ayabonga Cawe Pdf

We must look beyond the now, the current economy on our doorstep, and ... reach out to a humanity that lies dormant in all of us. While the depth and sophistication of South Africa's financial and capital markets are lauded by indices the world over, South Africa is also considered to be the most unequal society in the world. The Economy On Your Doorstep probes the reasons for this tragic paradox of South African life and tries to go through and beyond the graphs, margin calls, trading updates, indices and earnings reports to explain how economic 'actions' frame the lives of South Africans in a transitional society faced with the challenges of unemployment, poverty and inequality. The economy is and always has been primarily about people. How they live, what they produce, under what conditions and what social, political and environmental factors influence decisions of consumption, investment and distribution, and how they act under conditions of uncertainty, scarcity, need and crisis. After all, economies are about people coming together to produce, exchange, distribute and consume goods and services that emerge from their communities and those of others. How and under what conditions can we ensure the expansion of our productive forces, while expanding access to the base of assets, services and support that allow for the social reproduction of our entire society and workforce? Ayabonga Cawe outlines some key areas that can and should define a policy agenda towards a 'people's economy' in South Africa and the long-term objectives of such a policy programme, and engages with the political economy of 21st century South Africa through an analysis of a few selected areas of the economy and the implications of this for policy action. This is what this book is about, an exposition of what we see around us and an explanation and discussion of possible ways beyond it. In this well-researched book, Ayabonga Cawe, a development economist, columnist and broadcaster, makes sense of the post-apartheid political economy through the lives of the many people who live and survive in it every day.

Author : Hein Marais
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2001-09-08
Category : History
ISBN : 1856499677

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South Africa: Limits To Change by Hein Marais Pdf

Drawing on the rich structural and political understandings of radical South African intellectuals, this book explains why the South African government has been unable to breach the boundaries of change erected by the privileged classes. It reveals why it has adopted conservative economic policies, and why the country's popular movement has failed to press home more radical opinions. Hein Marais compellingly probes the hidden dynamics of South Africa's transition, arguing that the democratic breakthrough was much less open-ended than generally believed.

Author : Alf Stadler
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2022-10-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000634761

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The Political Economy of Modern South Africa by Alf Stadler Pdf

Originally published in 1987 this book argues that South African politics reflect the changing ways in which the region has been incorporated into the world economy. It traces the effects of a process of industrialisation under the dominance of mining on the other sectors of the economy, and on the evolution of the class structure. It shows how a coercive labour system influenced the definition of political and social rights in racial terms and profoundly influenced the development of authoritarian controls over blacks in the urban and rural areas from the 1920s onwards. The book includes an essay on the different strands in the reform movement and speculates about the social and political forces which underlined the political changes which began to take place during the mid-1970s.

Author : Bernard Magubane
Publisher : New York : Monthly Review Press
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015046386382

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The Political Economy of Race and Class in South Africa by Bernard Magubane Pdf

Author : Sithembiso Lindelihle Myeni,Andrew Okem
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2019-08-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780429774782

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The Political Economy of Government Subsidised Housing in South Africa by Sithembiso Lindelihle Myeni,Andrew Okem Pdf

This book unpacks the political economy of government subsidised housing programmes in South Africa. Exploring government policy towards subsidised housing in South Africa, this edited collection analyses various programmes, their shortcomings and potential options to address these weaknesses in the context of a country suffering from an exponential demand for housing in the face of insufficient supply. The Political Economy of Government Subsidised Housing in South Africa looks at the complex and contested nature of the issue in post-apartheid South Africa, stimulating debate and knowledge sharing on housing programmes, proffering solutions to the issue. The book explores the issue from both practical and intellectual standpoints, exploring the relationship between historical institutional legacies and contemporary power structures, and their role in provision of housing for the growing population of South Africa. This book will be of great interest to students of urban and regional planning, political economy, development studies, and African studies.

Author : Jonathan Michie,Vishnu Padayachee
Publisher : Steck-Vaughn
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105020195546

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The Political Economy of South Africa's Transition by Jonathan Michie,Vishnu Padayachee Pdf

This edition analyzes and discusses economic policies over a range of macroeconomic and industrial areas which are required to see through the reconstruction and development of the South African economy. It explores the recent history and politics of the processes of economic policy formulation.

Author : Hein Marais
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 624 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2013-07-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781780320830

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South Africa Pushed to the Limit by Hein Marais Pdf

Since 1994, the democratic government in South Africa has worked hard at improving the lives of the black majority, yet close to half the population lives in poverty, jobs are scarce, and the country is more unequal than ever. For millions, the colour of people's skin still decides their destiny. In his wide-ranging, incisive and provocative analysis, Hein Marais shows that although the legacies of apartheid and colonialism weigh heavy, many of the strategic choices made since the early 1990s have compounded those handicaps. Marais explains why those choices were made, where they went awry, and why South Africa's vaunted formations of the left -- old and new -- have failed to prevent or alter them. From the real reasons behind President Jacob Zuma's rise and the purging of his predecessor, Thabo Mbeki, to a devastating critique of the country's continuing AIDS crisis, its economic path and its approach to the rights and entitlements of citizens, South Africa Pushed to the Limit presents a riveting benchmark analysis of the incomplete journey beyond apartheid.

Author : Ben Fine,Zavareh Rustomjee,Elsa Honig Fine
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2019-09-13
Category : South Africa
ISBN : 0367318873

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The Political Economy Of South Africa by Ben Fine,Zavareh Rustomjee,Elsa Honig Fine Pdf

The acclaim with which democratization in South Africa has been greeted has been tempered by the recognition that there are at the same time continuing and even deepening economic inequalities. This is more disturbing given the extreme economic disparity experienced by much of the black population, the retreat from commitments to public ownership e

Author : Samuel Ojo Oloruntoba,Toyin Falola
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 1099 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2020-06-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783030389222

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The Palgrave Handbook of African Political Economy by Samuel Ojo Oloruntoba,Toyin Falola Pdf

This handbook constitutes a specialist single compendium that analyses African political economy in its theoretical, historical and policy dimensions. It emphasizes the uniqueness of African political economy within a global capitalist system that is ever changing and complex. Chapters in the book discuss how domestic and international political economic forces have shaped and continue to shape development outcomes on the continent. Contributors also provoke new thinking on theories and policies to better position the continent’s economy to be a critical global force. The uniqueness of the handbook lies in linking theory and praxis with the past, future, and various dimensions of the political economy of Africa.

Author : Bethuel Setai
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1017118034

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The political economy of South Africa by Bethuel Setai Pdf