Policy, Politics and Poverty in South Africa
Part of the Developmental Pathways to Poverty Reduction Series book series (POD)
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Introduction
Seekings and Nattrass explain why poverty persisted in South Africa after the transition to democracy in 1994. The book examines how public policies both mitigated and reproduced poverty, and explains how and why these policies were adopted. The analysis offers lessons for the study of poverty elsewhere in the world.
Keywords
Neoliberalism social democracy inequality poverty wages unemployment class South Africa democracy welfare state business labour social movements protest decommodification redistribution economic growth development employment growth Income inequality Income Poverty transition unions
Bibliographic information
- DOI https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137452696
- Copyright Information The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2015
- Publisher Name Palgrave Macmillan, London
- eBook Packages Palgrave Economics & Finance Collection
- Print ISBN 978-1-349-56904-5
- Online ISBN 978-1-137-45269-6
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