Elite Transition
eBook - ePub

Elite Transition

From Apartheid to Neoliberalism in South Africa

  1. 352 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Elite Transition

From Apartheid to Neoliberalism in South Africa

About this book

Released to coincide with the 20th anniversary of the end of apartheid, this is an updated edition of a best-selling work of political analysis. Patrick Bond, a former adviser to the ANC, investigates how groups such as the ANC went from being a force of liberation to a vehicle now perceived as serving the economic interests of an elite few. This edition includes new analysis looking at the 2008 internal coup against Thabo Mbeki, the subsequent economic crisis and the massacre of miners at Marikana in 2012. Bond also assesses the historiography of the transition written since 2000 from nationalist, liberal and radical perspectives, and replies to critics of his work, both from liberal and nationalist perspectives. This is an essential text on post-Apartheid South Africa, which will be vital reading for all who study or have an interest in this part of the continent, and in social change and neoliberal public policy more generally.

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Information

Publisher
Pluto Press
Year
2014
eBook ISBN
9781783711451
Edition
2
Topic
History
Subtopic
Military & Maritime History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-title Page
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. List of Acronyms and Abbreviations
  7. Introduction: Dissecting South Africa’s Transition
  8. Part I: Power and Economic Discourses
  9. Part II: The Ascendancy of Neoliberal Social Policy
  10. Part III: International Lessons
  11. Afterword: From Racial to Class Apartheid
  12. Afterword to the New Edition: South Africa Faces its ‘Faustian Pact’: Neoliberalism, Financialisation and Proto-Fascism
  13. Notes and References
  14. Index