书目名称 | Neoliberalism and Resistance in South Africa |
副标题 | Economic and Politic |
编辑 | Shaukat Ansari |
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概述 | Investigates why the African National Congress government persists with a set of economic policies that fail to alleviate gross socio-economic inequalities and unemployment.Analyzes the government‘s u |
丛书名称 | Contemporary African Political Economy |
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描述 | This book critically examines the persistence of market orthodoxy in post-apartheid South Africa and the civil society resistance such policies have generated over a twenty-five-year period. Each chapter unpacks the key political coalitions and economic dynamics, domestic as well as global, that have sustained neoliberalism in the country since the transition to liberal democracy in 1994. Chapter 1 analyzes the political economy of segregation and apartheid, as well as the factors that drove the democratic reform and the African National Congress’ (ANC) subsequent abandonment of redistribution in favor of neoliberal policies. Further chapters explore the causes and consequences of South Africa’s integration into the global financial markets, the limitations of the post-apartheid social welfare program, the massive labour strikes and protests that have erupted throughout the country, and the role of the IMF and World Bank in policymaking. The final chapters also examine the political and economic barriers thwarting the emergence of a viable post-apartheid developmental state, the implications of monopoly capital and foreign investment for democracy and development, and the phenomeno |
出版日期 | Book 2021 |
关键词 | South Africa; Africa; Economic Coalitions; Political Coalitions; African politics; Neoliberal Orthodoxy; p |
版次 | 1 |
doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-69766-2 |
isbn_softcover | 978-3-030-69768-6 |
isbn_ebook | 978-3-030-69766-2Series ISSN 2945-7351 Series E-ISSN 2945-736X |
issn_series | 2945-7351 |
copyright | The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerl |