South Africa’s post-apartheid transition has proven disastrous. But what caused this unfortunate trajectory?
Today, the country is marked by the emergence of a black elite of enriched capitalists who have benefitted from the globalization, neoliberalization and financialization of the economy in general, and from its Minerals-Energy and Financial Complex in particular. By contrast, inequalities, poverty and failing social provision have persisted. Recent attention has shifted to how this trajectory was initiated, with some suggesting a lack of available alternative policy options at the time of transition. The Political Economy of South Africa’s Post-apartheid Transition shows this to be false. In fact, a full range of progressive alternatives were rejected, leading to corresponding consequences from “state capture” to electoral defeat.
Other books by Ben Fine
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In and against Development: From New to Newest Development Economics
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In and against Development: The World Bank behind the Looking Glass
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The Financialisation of Social Reproduction in the Age of Neoliberalism: From Theory to Case Studies
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From Value to Uneven Development
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Cliometrics as Economics Imperialism: Across the Watershed
by Ben Fine