Screen LibraryPolicy, politics and poverty in South Africa /
"When South Africa finally held its first democratic elections in 1994, the country had a much higher poverty rate than in other countries at a similar level of development. This was the legacy of apartheid. Twenty years later, poverty was still widespread. Seekings and Nattrass explain why pov...
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Palgrave Macmillan,
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| Publisher Address: | Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : |
| Publication Dates: | 2015. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Developmental pathways to poverty reduction series
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"When South Africa finally held its first democratic elections in 1994, the country had a much higher poverty rate than in other countries at a similar level of development. This was the legacy of apartheid. Twenty years later, poverty was still widespread. Seekings and Nattrass explain why poverty has persisted in South Africa since 1994. They demonstrate who has and who has not remained poor, how public policies both mitigated and reproduced poverty, and how and why these policies were adopted. Their analysis of the South African welfare state, labour market policies and the growth path of |
| Carrier Form: | x, 315 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781137452689 1137452684 |
| Index Number: | HN800 |
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D747.87 D747.88 |
| Call Number: | D747.88/S451 |
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Machine generated contents note: -- Contents -- Figures And Tables -- Acknowledgements -- 1: Neo-Liberalism, Social Democracy And Poverty -- 1.1. The Legacy Of Poverty And The Promise Of Change -- 1.2. Disappointment And The Spectre Of Neo-Liberalism -- 1.3. The Ambiguities Of Post-Apartheid Policy -- 1.4. Social Democratic Distributional Regimes -- 1.5. Outline Of Our Argument -- 2: Poverty Amidst Affluence -- 2.1. The Inheritance: Poverty At The End Of Apartheid -- 2.2. The Ambiguous Riches Of Data -- 2.3. The (Probable) Rise And Fall Of Income Poverty -- 2.4. Alternative Measures Of Pover 4.1. The Economic Inheritance -- 4.2. Economic Planning During The Transition To Democracy -- 4.3. Macroeconomic Stabilisation: From The RDP To GEAR -- 4.4. Contested Visions For Labour-Market Policy, Employment And Growth -- 4.5. Profitability And Accumulation -- 4.6. The Enduring Employment Crisis And Government Strategy, 2007-12 -- 4.7. Conclusion -- 5. Class And Status -- 5.1. Poverty And Class -- 5.2. Continuity And Change In The Class Structure -- 5.3. The Upper Classes -- 5.4. The Lower Middle And Working Classes -- 5.5. The Lower Classes: The Working Poor And The Underclass -- 5.6. C 6.5. Conclusion -- 7: The Welfare State, Public Services And The 'Social Wage' -- 7.1. Public Education -- 7.2. Public Health -- 7.3. Municipal Services And Housing -- 7.4. Conclusion -- 8: The Capacity And Accountability Of The Democratic State -- 8.1. The Capacity Of The State -- 8.2. The Institutional Architecture Of Democracy -- 8.3. Voters, Elections And Party Politics -- 8.4. Conclusion -- 9: The Power Of Business And Labour -- 9.1. The Power Of Big 'White' Business -- 9.2. The Power Of 'Black' Business -- 9.3. The Power Of Organised Labour -- 9.4. Working-Class Power, Class Compromise 11.1. States, Markets And Poverty -- 11.2. The State, Development And The Constitution Of Markets -- 11.3. The Politics Of Reform -- 11.4. Class Compromise And The Contradictions Of Social Democracy In The Global South -- Bibliography. |