Markets on the margins : mineworkers, job creation & enterprise development / Kate Philip.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Philip, Kate (Writer on economic development projects), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economic development projects--South Africa.

Economic development projects.

Mineral industries--South Africa--Employees.

Mineral industries.

Economic history.

Mineral industries--Employees.

Employees.

South Africa--Economic conditions.

South Africa.

Economic conditions.

Physical Description:

xvi, 222 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Woodbridge, Suffolk : James Currey, 2018.

Summary:

"Examines more than a decade of enterprise development strategies in marginal economic contexts in South Africa's mining communities and shows how this might impact on development strategies."--Publisher's description.

Contents:

Introduction: setting the scene

The 1987 mineworkers strike

Conflict in the Transkei

Power struggles in Lesotho

Co-ops capture the imagination

The NUM co-op programme

Challenges of democratic ownership and control

Rethinking degeneration in co-op theory

MDA's Development Centre strategy

Small enterprise: In the shadow of the core economy

A new enterprise development paradigm

Market development - or a new "anti-politics machine"?

Breaking into higher value markets in the craft sector

Marula: product innovation and value chains

Implications for enterprise development strategy

If markets are social constructs, how might we construct them differently?

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 210-216) and index.

ISBN:

9781847012203

1847012205

9781847011763

1847011764

OCLC:

1005118920

Publisher Number:

99979275399