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State capture in South Africa : how and why it happened /

A multidisciplinary analysis of how state capture unfolded in South Africa and was contested within both civil society and the state itself. It presents a scholarly and empirical understanding of how things went awry, even with various regulating bodies in place, and how to prevent state capture fro...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Buthelezi, Mbongiseni, 1980- (Editor ), Vale, Peter C. J. (Editor ), von Holdt, Karl, Foley, Robyn, Brunette, Ryan, Klaaren, Jonathan, Thakur, Cherese, Pillay, Devi, Spiropoulos, Luke, Rumney, Reg
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Johannesburg : Wits University Press, 2023.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • List of Figures and Table
  • Acknowledgements
  • Abbreviations and Acronyms
  • Introduction. Understanding and Explaining State Capture
  • Section 1. Framing the Issue
  • Chapter 1. Elite Formation, Factions and Violence in the Political Economy of Corruption
  • Chapter 2. State Capture, the Racket and Predatory Power
  • Chapter 3. The Foundations of Corruption in South Africa
  • Section 2. State Capture in Action
  • Chapter 4. Legal Mobilisation against State Capture
  • Chapter 5. How Professionals Enabled State Capture
  • Chapter 6. Civil Society in the Face of State Capture: Solidarity and Disharmony
  • Chapter 7. Media Capture, the Mirror of State Capture
  • Section 3. Past and Future
  • Chapter 8. State Capture and the Popular Imagination: Narrowing the Narrative
  • Chapter 9. Cycles of State Capture: Bringing Profiteers and Enablers to Account
  • Chapter 10. Old Ways and New Days: An Interview with Barney Pityana
  • Chapter 11. Can Democracy Bind the State? Comparative Thoughts from Brazil, India and South Africa
  • Contributors
  • Index