Policy, politics and poverty in South Africa. ([2015])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: [edited by] Jeremy Seekings, Nicoli Nattrass.
• Editors: Seekings, Jeremy; Nattrass, Nicoli
• Contents: Contents; Figures And Tables; Acknowledgements; 1: Neo-Liberalism, Social Democracy And Poverty; 1.1. The Legacy Of Poverty And The Promise Of Change; 1.2. Disappointment And The Spectre Of Neo-Liberalism; 1.3. The Ambiguities Of Post-Apartheid Policy; 1.4. Social Democratic Distributional Regimes; 1.5. Outline Of Our Argument; 2: Poverty Amidst Affluence; 2.1. The Inheritance: Poverty At The End Of Apartheid; 2.2. The Ambiguous Riches Of Data; 2.3. The (Probable) Rise And Fall Of Income Poverty; 2.4. Alternative Measures Of Poverty And Well-Being; 2.5. High (And Probably Worsening) Income Inequality; 2.6. Conclusion; 3: Workers, The State And Wages; 3.1. Data On Earnings; 3.2. Trends In Earnings; 3.3. The Earnings Of Trade Unions' Members; 3.4. The 'Informalisation' Of Work; 3.5. State, Market And Culture In Wage-Setting; 3.6. Conclusion; 4. The Economic Growth Path; 4.1. The Economic Inheritance; 4.2. Economic Planning During The Transition To Democracy; 4.3. Macroeconomic Stabilisation: From The RDP To GEAR; 4.4. Contested Visions For Labour-Market Policy, Employment And Growth; 4.5. Profitability And Accumulation; 4.6. The Enduring Employment Crisis And Government Strategy, 2007-12; 4.7. Conclusion; 5. Class And Status; 5.1. Poverty And Class; 5.2. Continuity And Change In The Class Structure; 5.3. The Upper Classes; 5.4. The Lower Middle And Working Classes; 5.5. The Lower Classes: The Working Poor And The Underclass; 5.6. Class Differences Between The Lower Middle, Working And Lower Classes; 5.7. The Contradictions Of Social Democracy In The Global South; 6: Income Support Through The Welfare State; 6.1. The Welfare State, Decommodification And Neoliberalism; 6.2. The Expanding Size But Unchanging Shape Of The Welfare State; 6.3. The Promise Of A Comprehensive System; 6.4. Ideological Contestation; 6.5. Conclusion; 7: The Welfare State, Public Services And The 'Social Wage'; 7.1. Public Education; 7.2. Public Health; 7.3. Municipal Services And Housing; 7.4. Conclusion; 8: The Capacity And Accountability Of The Democratic State; 8.1. The Capacity Of The State; 8.2. The Institutional Architecture Of Democracy; 8.3. Voters, Elections And Party Politics; 8.4. Conclusion; 9: The Power Of Business And Labour; 9.1. The Power Of Big 'White' Business; 9.2. The Power Of 'Black' Business; 9.3. The Power Of Organised Labour; 9.4. Working-Class Power, Class Compromise And The Limits Of 'Neo-Liberalism'; 10: The 'Rebellion Of The Poor', Social Movements And The Limits Of Insurgent Citizenship; 10.1. Continuity And Change In Urban Protest; 10.2. Civic Organisation At Local And National Levels; 10.3. The 'New Social Movement' Organisations; 10.4. Popular Support And Local Protests; 10.5. Achievements And Effects; 11: Conclusion; 11.1. States, Markets And Poverty; 11.2. The State, Development And The Constitution Of Markets; 11.3. The Politics Of Reform; 11.4. Class Compromise And The Contradictions Of Social Democracy In The Global South; Bibliography; ;
• Publisher Details: Basingstoke : UNRISD/Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 305.5690968; Poverty -- South Africa; Sustainable development -- South Africa; Commodities; Development/Sustainable Development; Development/Economic Development; Development economics; Economics; Political economy; South Africa -- Social policy; South Africa -- Politics and government -- 20th century
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137452702; 1137452706
• Related ISBNs: 9781137452689
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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