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The Mbeki legacy / Brian Pottinger.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pottinger, Brian.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mbeki, Thabo.
- Social conditions.
- Economic conditions.
- South Africa--History--1994-.
- South Africa.
- History.
- South Africa--Politics and government--1994-.
- Politics and government.
- South Africa--Economic conditions--21st century.
- South Africa--Social conditions--21st century.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 346 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cape Town : Zebra Press ; London : New Holland [distributor], 2008.
- Contents:
- Part I The Political Kingdom 11
- 1 Life and soul of the party 13
- 2 The deployees' playpen 37
- 3 Unchecked and unbalanced 42
- 4 Arms and the man 50
- 5 The denouement 59
- Part II The Economic Kingdom 67
- 6 Getting into GEAR 69
- 7 Noise and haste 85
- 8 Neither civil nor serving 103
- 9 Crime and punishment 114
- 10 Hey, teacher... 133
- 11 Health check 153
- 12 Lights out 167
- 13 The land question 188
- 14 The rise of the proxy state 199
- Part III The Social Kingdom 207
- 15 A new client class 209
- 16 Share of the spoils 222
- 17 The hidden classes 230
- Part IV The Future Kingdom 239
- 18 Mbeki and demodernisation 241
- 19 The balancing act 260
- 20 A double-edged sword 272
- 21 Getting back on track 276
- 22 Strangers abroad 299
- 23 Saving the institutions 315.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781770220287
- 1770220283
- OCLC:
- 244314805
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