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South Africa pushed to the limit : the political economy of change / by Hein Marais.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Marais, Hein.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Black people--South Africa--Social conditions.
- Black people.
- South Africa.
- Social conditions.
- Black people--South Africa--Economic conditions.
- Economic conditions.
- South Africa--Politics and government--1994-.
- Politics and government.
- South Africa--Social conditions--1994-.
- South Africa--Economic conditions--1991-.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 566 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Zed Books ; New York : Distributed in the USA exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
- Contents:
- The making of a polarized society
- Saving the system
- Contours of the transition
- Sticking to the rules: The evolution of post-apartheid economic policy
- All dressed up: The economy in the 21st century
- The world of work
- Poverty and inequality in the post-apartheid years
- The social protection system
- AIDS & TB: 'Like waiting for a tidal wave to hit'
- False starts: The health and education systems
- A South African developmental state?
- Last man standing: The Mbeki-Zuma battle
- Power, consent and the ANC
- Left behind: Challenge and protest.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [466]-522) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781848138599
- 1848138598
- OCLC:
- 707713971
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