South Africa : limits to change : the political economy of transition

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    • Marais, Hein

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South Africa : limits to change : the political economy of transition

Hein Marais

Zed Books , University of Cape Town Press, 1998

  • : UCT Press
  • : Zed Books
  • : Zed Books, cased

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [270]-284) and index

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Volume

: Zed Books, cased ISBN 9781856495431

Description

The enormous hopes generated by South Africa's transition to democracy are already giving way to the grimmer realities of how little has changed for the mass of the population. Drawing on the rich structural and political understandings of radical South African intellectuals, this book explains why the new government has been unable to breach the boundaries of change erected by the privileged classes. It reveals why the democratic government has adopted conservative economic policies, and why the country's vaunted popular movement has failed to press home more radical options. The book's compelling analysis probes the hidden dynamics of South Africa's transition, arguing that the democratic breakthrough was much less open-ended than is generally believed.

Table of Contents

  • Origins of a divided society
  • managing the crisis
  • the shape of the transition
  • the battleground of the economy
  • the evolution of ANC economic policy - a short walk to orthodoxy
  • the RDP - a programme for transformation?
  • the popular movement in flux - the state of play, ways forward
  • into the new.
Volume

: Zed Books ISBN 9781856495448

Description

The enormous hopes generated by South Africa's transition to democracy are already giving way to the grimmer realities of how little has changed for the mass of the population. Drawing on the rich structural and political understandings of radical South African intellectuals, this book explains why the new government has been unable to breach the boundaries of change erected by the privileged classes. It reveals why the democratic government has adopted conservative economic policies, and why the country's vaunted popular movement has failed to press home more radical options. The book's compelling analysis probes the hidden dynamics of South Africa's transition, arguing that the democratic breakthrough was much less open-ended than is generally believed.

Table of Contents

  • Origins of a divided society
  • managing the crisis
  • the shape of the transition
  • the battleground of the economy
  • the evolution of ANC economic policy - a short walk to orthodoxy
  • the RDP - a programme for transformation?
  • the popular movement in flux - the state of play, ways forward
  • into the new.
Volume

: UCT Press ISBN 9781919713137

Description

The enormous hopes generated by South Africa''s transition to democracy have yielded to the grimmer realities of how little has changed for the masses. This book explains why the new government has been unable to implement change.'

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