Political Economy of Post-apartheid South Africa

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The book, made up of three parts, covers a wide spectrum of political economy issues on post-apartheid South Africa. Although the text is mainly descriptive, to explain various areas of the political economy of post-apartheid South Africa, the first and the last parts provide illuminating insights on the kind of society that is emerging during the twenty-one years of democracy in the country.

The book discusses important aspects of the political history of apartheid South Africa and the evolution of post-apartheid society, including an important recap of the history of southern Africa before colonialism. The text is a comprehensive description of numerous political economy phenomena since South Africa gained its political independence and covers some important themes that have not been discussed in detail in other publications on post-apartheid South Africa. The book also updates earlier work of the author on policy and law making, land and agriculture, education and training as well as on poverty and inequality in post-apartheid South Africa thereby providing a wide-ranging overview of the socio-economic development approaches followed by the successive post-apartheid administrations. Interestingly, three chapters focus on various aspects of the post-apartheid South African economy: economic policies, economic empowerment and industrial development. Through the lens of the notion of democratic developmental state and taking apartheid colonialism as a point of departure, the book suggests that, so far, post-apartheid South Africa has mixed socio-economic progress. The author’s extensive experience in the South African government ensures that the book has policy relevance while it is also theoretically sound.

The text is useful for anyone who wants to understand the totality of the policies and legislation as well as the political economy interventions pursued since 1994 by the South African Government.

Author(s): Vusi Gumede
Publisher: CODESRIA (Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa)
Year: 2017

Language: English
Pages: 254
City: Dakar

0 - Prelim

PART I. BACKGROUND
1 - Introduction
2 - Brief Political History of South Africa

PART II. POLICIES AND PROSPECTS
3 - Policy and Law-making
4 - Economic Development
5 - Economic Empowerment
6 - Industrial Development
7 - Public Enterprises
8 - Land and Agriculture
9 - Education and Training
10 - Poverty and Inequality
11 - Spatial Planning

PART III. TOWARDS A DEVELOPMENTAL STATE
12 - Post-apartheid South African Society
13 - Conclusion

14 - Notes
15 - References
16 - Index