The Political Economy of South Africa's Post-Apartheid Transition: The Rejection of Alternatives to Neoliberalism. Critical Reconstructions of Politic (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9789004731646)

South Africa's post-apartheid transition has proven disastrous. It is marked by the emergence of a black elite of enriched capitalists out of the globalisation, neoliberalisation and financialisation of the economy in general and of its Minerals-Energy and Financial Complex in particular. By contrast, inequalities, poverty and failing social provision have persisted. Recent attention has shifted to how this disastrous trajectory was initiated, some suggesting a lack of available alternative policy options at the time of transition. This is shown to be false with a full range of progressive alternatives being rejected with corresponding consequences, from "state capture" to electoral defeat.

Author: Benjamin Fine
ISBN-10: 9004731644
ISBN-13: 9789004731646
Publisher: Brill
Language: English
Published: 06/12/2025
Pages: 354
Format: Hardcover