South Africa and the world economy : remaking race, state, and region / William G. Martin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Martin, William G., 1952-

Series:

Rochester studies in African history and the diaspora ; v. 57.

Rochester studies in African history and the diaspora ; [v. 57]

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Race relations.

South Africa--Foreign economic relations.

South Africa.

International economic relations.

South Africa--Economic policy.

Economic policy.

South Africa--Economic conditions.

Economic conditions.

South Africa--Race relations--Economic aspects.

Regional economic disparities.

Physical Description:

x, 271 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Rochester, NY : University of Rochester Press, 2013.

Summary:

Once an international pariah, South Africa has emerged as a respected and influential African state, projecting its economic and political power across the continent. South Africa and the World Economy: Remaking Race, State, and Region chronicles the volatile history of this resurgence, from the nation's rise as an industrialized, white state and subsequent decline as a newly underdeveloped country to its current standing as a leading member of the Global South. Departing from much of the latest scholarship, which examines South Africa as a discrete national case, this volume situates the country within a global social system, analyzing its relationships with the colonial powers and white settlers of the early twentieth century, the costs of the neoliberal alliances with the North, and the more recent challenges from the East. This approach offers a bold reinterpretation of South Africa's developmental successes and failures over the last century-as well as clear yet contentious lessons for the present. Book jacket.

Contents:

Introduction: rethinking state, race, and region

World crisis, racial crisis

South Africa first!

State enterprise

1948: semiperipheral crisis

A mad new world

Creative destruction

Looking forward, north and east.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [229]-248) and index.

ISBN:

9781580464314

1580464319

OCLC:

796759734