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Policy, politics and poverty in South Africa /
"When South Africa finally held its first democratic elections in 1994, the country had a much higher poverty rate than in other countries at a similar level of development. This was the legacy of apartheid. Twenty years later, poverty was still widespread. Seekings and Nattrass explain why pov...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autores principales: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2015.
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| Colección: | Developmental pathways to poverty reduction series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Contents
- Figures And Tables
- Acknowledgements
- 1: Neo-Liberalism, Social Democracy And Poverty
- 1.1. The Legacy Of Poverty And The Promise Of Change
- 1.2. Disappointment And The Spectre Of Neo-Liberalism
- 1.3. The Ambiguities Of Post-Apartheid Policy
- 1.4. Social Democratic Distributional Regimes
- 1.5. Outline Of Our Argument
- 2: Poverty Amidst Affluence
- 2.1. The Inheritance: Poverty At The End Of Apartheid
- 2.2. The Ambiguous Riches Of Data
- 2.3. The (Probable) Rise And Fall Of Income Poverty
- 2.4. Alternative Measures Of Poverty And Well-Being
- 2.5. High (And Probably Worsening) Income Inequality
- 2.6. Conclusion
- 3: Workers, The State And Wages
- 3.1. Data On Earnings
- 3.2. Trends In Earnings
- 3.3. The Earnings Of Trade Unions' Members
- 3.4. The 'Informalisation' Of Work
- 3.5. State, Market And Culture In Wage-Setting
- 3.6. Conclusion
- 4. The Economic Growth Path
- 4.1. The Economic Inheritance
- 4.2. Economic Planning During The Transition To Democracy
- 4.3. Macroeconomic Stabilisation: From The RDP To GEAR
- 4.4. Contested Visions For Labour-Market Policy, Employment And Growth
- 4.5. Profitability And Accumulation
- 4.6. The Enduring Employment Crisis And Government Strategy, 2007-12
- 4.7. Conclusion
- 5. Class And Status
- 5.1. Poverty And Class
- 5.2. Continuity And Change In The Class Structure
- 5.3. The Upper Classes
- 5.4. The Lower Middle And Working Classes
- 5.5. The Lower Classes: The Working Poor And The Underclass
- 5.6. Class Differences Between The Lower Middle, Working And Lower Classes
- 5.7. The Contradictions Of Social Democracy In The Global South
- 6: Income Support Through The Welfare State
- 6.1. The Welfare State, Decommodification And Neoliberalism
- 6.2. The Expanding Size But Unchanging Shape Of The Welfare State
- 6.3. The Promise Of A Comprehensive System
- 6.4. Ideological Contestation
- 6.5. Conclusion
- 7: The Welfare State, Public Services And The 'Social Wage'
- 7.1. Public Education
- 7.2. Public Health
- 7.3. Municipal Services And Housing
- 7.4. Conclusion
- 8: The Capacity And Accountability Of The Democratic State
- 8.1. The Capacity Of The State
- 8.2. The Institutional Architecture Of Democracy
- 8.3. Voters, Elections And Party Politics
- 8.4. Conclusion
- 9: The Power Of Business And Labour
- 9.1. The Power Of Big 'White' Business
- 9.2. The Power Of 'Black' Business
- 9.3. The Power Of Organised Labour
- 9.4. Working-Class Power, Class Compromise And The Limits Of 'Neo-Liberalism'
- 10: The 'Rebellion Of The Poor', Social Movements And The Limits Of Insurgent Citizenship
- 10.1. Continuity And Change In Urban Protest
- 10.2. Civic Organisation At Local And National Levels
- 10.3. The 'New Social Movement' Organisations
- 10.4. Popular Support And Local Protests
- 10.5. Achievements And Effects
- 11: Conclusion
- 11.1. States, Markets And Poverty
- 11.2. The State, Development And The Constitution Of Markets
- 11.3. The Politics Of Reform
- 11.4. Class Compromise And The Contradictions Of Social Democracy In The Global South
- Bibliography.