New South African Review 2: New Paths, Old Compromises? - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1868145417 ISBN 13 : 9781868145416

Editeur : Wits University Press, 2011

Synopsis

An explanation of the New Growth Plan and alternatives to neo-liberal and capitalist development in South Africa

In this second volume of the New South African Review, the New Growth Path adopted by the South African government in 2010 provides the basis for a dialogue about whether 'decent work' is the best solution to South Africa's problems of low economic growth and high unemployment. There are investigations into rising inequality against the backdrop of the failings of Black Economic Empowerment; 'greening the economy', with emphasis on biofuels; the crisis of acid mine drainage on the Witwatersrand; possibilities for participatory forms of government; civil society activism; transformation of the print media and the SABC; the crisis in child care in public hospitals; the relationship between the police and a township community; the problems related to the absence of legislation to govern the powers of traditional authorities over land allocation; and assessments of the state of opposition political parties and the ANC Alliance. Asking whether the New Growth Plan reflects a set of new policies or an attempt to re-dress old (com)promises in new clothes, this volume brings together different voices in debate about possibilities for alternatives to neo-liberal and capitalist development in South Africa.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Devan Pillay is an associate professor and former head of the Department of Sociology at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.

William Attwell is Senior Analyst for Sub-Saharan Africa at Frontier Strategy Group in Oxford

Leslie Bank is the Deputy Executive Director of the Economic Performance and Development Programme at the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC).

Roger Southall is the Professor Emeritus in the Department of Sociology at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.

Imraan Buccus is a Senior Research Associate at the Auwal Socio-Economic Research Institute (ASRI) in Johannesburg.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Wits University Press
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1868145417
• ISBN 13: 9781868145416
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 488
• Éditeur: Pillay Devan
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