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- Investigates why the African National Congress government persists with a set of economic policies that fail to alleviate gross socio-economic inequalities and unemployment
- Analyzes the government's use of cash transfer and social grants policies to assist impoverished South African citizens
- Illustrates how local commitments to greater equality and socio-economic opportunity are undermined by the power of the global financial markets
Part of the book series: Contemporary African Political Economy (CONTAPE)
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Table of contents (6 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Authors and Affiliations
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Department of Political Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Shaukat Ansari
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Neoliberalism and Resistance in South Africa
Book Subtitle: Economic and Political Coalitions
Authors: Shaukat Ansari
Series Title: Contemporary African Political Economy
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-69766-2
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-69765-5Published: 04 May 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-69768-6Published: 04 May 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-69766-2Published: 03 May 2021
Series ISSN: 2945-7351
Series E-ISSN: 2945-736X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 180
Number of Illustrations: 8 b/w illustrations
Topics: African Politics, Political Economy/Economic Systems, Regionalism