New South African Review 3

The second phase – Tragedy or farce?

Stephanie Allais, William Attwell, Susan Booysen, Jacklyn Cock, John Daniel, David Fig, Dick Forslund, Paul Maylam, Julia Moorman, Shireen Motala, Prishani Naidoo, Vinothan Naidoo, Sanusha Naidu, Martin Nicol, Devan Pillay, Marisha Ramdeen, Laetitia Rispel, Roger Southall, Ahmed Veriava, Louise Vincent, Stephanie Allais, Prishani Naidoo, Devan Pillay, Roger Southall, John Daniel, Prishani Naidoo, Stephanie Allais, Prishani Naidoo, Devan Pillay, Roger Southall

• Publisher: Wits University Press
• Year: 2013
• Print ISBN: 9781868147359
• eBook ISBN: 9781868147953
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• Subtopic: Political Economy
• Index: Politics & International Relations

In the face of the continuing national tragedy of the inequality, poverty and unemployment which have triggered rising working-class discontent around the country, the ANC announced a 'second phase' of the 'national democratic revolution' to deal with the challenges. Ironically, the ANC post-Mangaung has resolved to preserve the core tenets of the minerals-energy-financial complex that defined racial capitalism – while at the same time ratcheting up the revolutionary rhetoric to keep the working class and marginalised onside. If the 'first phase' was a tragedy of the unmet expectations of the majority, is the 'second phase' likely to be a farce? The chapters in this volume are written by experts in their fields and address issues of politics, power and social class; economy, ecology and labour; public policy and social practice; and South Africa beyond its borders. They examine some of these challenges, and indicate that they are as much about the defective content of policies as their poor implementation. The third volume of the New South African Review continues the series by providing in-depth analyses of the key issues facing the country today.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Preface
• Introduction: The second phase – tragedy or farce?
• Part 1: Party, Power and Class
• Part 2: Ecology, Economy and Labour
• Part 3: Public Policy and Social Practice
• Part 4: South Africa at Large
• Contributors
• Index