The Political Economy Of South Africa

From Minerals-energy Complex To Industrialisation
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-0-367-31887-1
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 291 Seiten, Format (B × H): 138 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 700 g

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

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fine, Ben

Rustomjee, Zavareh

Fine, Elsa Honig

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Regionalwissenschaften, Regionalstudien

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface -- Introduction and Overview -- Linkages, Agencies and the State -- Asian Miracles: Lessons for South Africa -- The Role of the State -- The Minerals-Energy Complex -- The Boundaries of the M.E.C. -- Corporate Structure -- The South African Form of Industrialisation -- The Political Economy of the Inter-War Period -- Post-War Industrialisation -- Post-War Industrial Policy -- Debating Industrialisation and Industrial Policy -- Conclusions and Future Directions

Über Autor(innen)

Ben Fine is professor of economics and director of the Centre for Economic Policy for Southern Africa at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. Zavareh Rustomjee is currently director general of the South African Trade and Industry Ministry and is on the faculty of Witwatersrand University, Johannesburg.