The Political Economy of South Africa's Post-apartheid Transition : The Rejection of Alternatives to Neoliberalism Critical Reconstructions of Political Economy, Volume 7 /

The Political Economy of South Africa's Post-apartheid Transition : The Rejection of Alternatives to Neoliberalism Critical Reconstructions of Political Economy, Volume 7 /

South Africa's post-apartheid transition has proven disastrous. It is marked by the emergence of a black elite of enriched capitalists out of the globalisation, neoliberalisation and financialisation of the economy in general and of its Minerals-Energy and Financial Complex in particular. By co...

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Main Author: Fine, Benjamin (Author)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2025.

Series: Social Sciences E-Books Online, Collection 2025
Studies in Critical Social Sciences ; 318.

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African Studies.
Social Sciences.

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Table of Contents:
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • 1 How South Africa Rejected Political Economy and Progressive Policy: A Personal Journey
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 From MERG ...
  • 3 ... through Labour Market Commission ...
  • 4 ... to NIEP/COSATU and Beyond
  • 2 ESOP's Fable: Golden Egg or Sour Grapes?
  • Postscript as Personal Preamble
  • 1 ESOPs and Apartheid
  • 2 Conceptual Issues
  • 3 The Record of ESOP Performance
  • 4 Trade Union Responses
  • 5 Current Implications for South Africa
  • Appendix 1: Summary from EROSA (1989)
  • Appendix 2: Summary from EROSA (1990)
  • 3 Defence Expenditure and the Post-apartheid Economy: A Briefing Paper for the ANC
  • Postscript as Personal Preamble
  • Summary of Conclusions and Recommendations
  • 1 Military Expenditure and Economic Development
  • 2 Is South Africa a Military-Industrial Complex?
  • 3 South Africa's Economic Impasse
  • 4 South African Military Expenditure - Any Advantages?
  • 5 The Overwhelming Disadvantages
  • 6 From War on the People to the War Effort to Provide Basic Needs
  • 7 Conversion at the Macro Level
  • 8 Conversion at the Micro Level
  • 4 Privatisation and the RDP: A Critical Assessment
  • Postscript as Personal Preamble
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Some Theoretical Considerations
  • 3 Privatisation and the Demise of Apartheid
  • 4 What Were the Proposals?
  • 5 First Time - Farce; Second Time - Tragedy
  • 6 Privatisation Is Not Reconstruction
  • 7 Concluding Remarks
  • 5 From Equal Pay and Minimum Wages through Public Works to Income Support
  • Postscript as Personal Preamble
  • 1 Propositions Concerning Comparable Worth: Summary
  • 2 Some Notes on Job Creation Programmes
  • 3 Some Rough Notes on Income Maintenance Programmes (IMPs)
  • 6 Industrial Policy and South Africa: A Strategic View
  • Postscript as Personal Preamble
  • Presentation of Main Points
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Defining Industrial Policy
  • 3 Industrial Strategy
  • 4 Implementation and Monitoring
  • 5 The Macroeconomic Environment
  • 6 Trade Policy
  • 7 Vertical Relations in the South African Steel Industry
  • Postscript as Personal Preamble
  • Presentation of Main Points and Policy Recommendations
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 The Economic Theory of Dumping
  • 3 The Political Economy of Dumping
  • 4 Legal and Administrative Considerations
  • 5 The Imperatives of Coordination
  • 6 The Structures and Dynamics of the World Steel Industry
  • 7 South African Steel in Transition
  • 8 Private and Public Interests in the South African Steel Industry
  • 9 Conclusions and Policy Recommendations
  • 8 Privatisation and the Restructuring of State Assets in South Africa: A Strategic View
  • Postscript as Personal Preamble
  • Presentation of Main Points
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 New Public Sector Economics for Old
  • 3 Origins and Patterns of Privatisation: The African Context
  • 4 Addressing the World Bank
  • 5 Implications for South Africa
  • References
  • Index.