South Africa pushed to the limit : the political economy of change /: the political economy of change. (2013)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Hein Marais.
• Other Names: Marais, Hein
• Contents: Acknowledgements; Introduction; Pushed to the limit; 1 The making of a polarised society; The mould is cast; The rise of the working classes; Illusions of strength; The rise of African nationalism; Afrikaner nationalism's triumph; Iron fist 'development'; The post-war growth path; The minerals-energy complex; Fight-back; The turn to armed struggle; Into the doldrums; Apartheid's harvest; Cracks in the system; Endnotes; 2 Saving the system; A new wave of resistance; The party's over; Recasting the divide; Seizing opportunities; 'Total strategy'; Panic attack: from resistance to 'revolution' 'Workerists' and 'populists''Everything is political'; The state shifts course; Costs of insurrectionism; Taking stock; Stalemate; At the crossroads; Leap into the unknown; Government-in-waiting; Deadlock; Endnotes; 3 Contours of the transition; Big stakes, high risks; Taking the plunge; Breaking the rules; Terms of the deal; Hidden hazards; Tectonic shifts; Change and continuity; Bypassed; Salvaging the economic system; South Africa in the global economy; Shifting the terms of incorporation; The triumph of orthodoxy; Endnotes 4 Sticking to the rules: the evolution of post-apartheid economic policyCatching up; Back to school; Drawing pictures; Converted: ANC economic policy in the early 1990s; 'No alternative'; The quiet death of the MERG report; Marching with history; The myth of the weak state; Rude awakenings; The GEAR plan; Putting the best foot forward; Report cards; Defending GEAR; Endnotes; 5 All dressed up: the economy in the twenty-first century; Rewind: South Africa's economic makeover; Post-apartheid investment patterns; Nip and tuck: the conglomerates restructure Figure 5.1: Industry, value added, South Africa and various other middle-income countries, 1990-2008Melting into the air: the financialisation of the economy; Figure 5.2: Gross fixed capital formation as percentages of GDP (2009 prices), South Africa, 1946-2008; Recap: a familiar story; The meanings of neoliberalism; Variations on a theme; 'Muddling along'?; Stuck in the middle; Back from repairs: black economic empowerment in the 2000s; The functions of BEE; State of denial; Figure 5.3: Annual GDP growth (%), South Africa, upper-middle-income and lower-income countries, 1990-2007 Figure 5.4: Annual percentage changes in GDP and GDP per capita, South AfricaResponding to the recession; Reviving South Africa's industrial drive; Breaking the mould; The ecological frailty of South Africa's development path; Burning down the house; Hoodwinked; Shifting the blame; Untenable growth; New approaches to growth; Endnotes; 6 The world of work; Not hiring; Figure 6.1: Official unemployment rates, South Africa, September 2000 to March 2010; Recession; Explaining the 'jobs bloodbath'; Working poor; The myth of the magic portal; Holding the line; The state of the trade union movement
• Publisher Details: London : Zed Books
• Publication Date: 2013
• Extent: 1 online resource (576 pages)
• Subjects: 320.968; Blacks -- South Africa -- Social conditions; Blacks -- South Africa -- Economic conditions; Blacks -- Economic conditions; Blacks -- Social conditions; Economic history; Politics and government; Social conditions; South Africa -- Politics and government -- 1994-; South Africa -- Social conditions -- 1994-; South Africa -- Economic conditions -- 1991-; South Africa; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781780320830; 1780320833
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
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