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

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Jeremy Seekings, Nicoli Nattrass.
• Authors: 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: New York : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (x, 315 pages)
• Subjects: 305.5/690968; Economics; Poverty -- South Africa; Sustainable development -- South Africa; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Commodities; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Economic Development; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Sustainable Development; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination & Race Relations; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies; Politics and government; Poverty; Social policy; Sustainable development; Business & Economics -- Development -- General; Political Science -- Public Policy -- Economic Policy; Business & Economics -- Investments & Securities; Business & Economics -- Development -- Sustainable Development; Social Science -- Poverty & Homelessness; Development economics & emerging economies; Political economy; Investment & securities; Business & the environment, 'Green' approaches to business; Development studies; Management science; Labor economics; Development economics; Economic policy; Investment banking; Securities; Poverty; Business & Economics -- Labor; Labour economics; South Africa -- Social policy; South Africa -- Politics and government -- 20th century; South Africa; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137452696; 1137452692; 9781349569045; 1349569046
• Related ISBNs: 9781137452689; 1137452684
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliography (pages 274-307) and index.; Note: Description based on print version record.
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