Bibliograph

New South African review 2, new paths, old compromises, edited by John Daniel [and three others]

Type

Label

New South African review 2, new paths, old compromises, edited by John Daniel [and three others]

Language

eng

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

New South African review 2

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

913334632

Responsibility statement

edited by John Daniel [and three others]

Series statement

Cambridge Social Sciences eBooks

Sub title

new paths, old compromises

Summary

In this second volume of the New South African Review, the New Growth Path adopted by the South African government in 2010 provides the basis for a dialogue about whether ‘decent work’ is the best solution to South Africa’s problems of low economic growth and high unemployment. There are investigations into rising inequality against the backdrop of the failings of Black Economic Empowerment; ‘greening the economy’, with emphasis on biofuels; the crisis of acid mine drainage on the Witwatersrand; possibilities for participatory forms of government; civil society activism; transformation of the print media and the SABC; the crisis in child care in public hospitals; the relationship between the police and a township community; the problems related to the absence of legislation to govern the powers of traditional authorities over land allocation; and assessments of the state of opposition political parties and the ANC Alliance. Asking whether the New Growth Plan reflects a set of new policies or an attempt to re-dress old (com)promises in new clothes, this volume brings together different voices in debate about possibilities for alternatives to neo-liberal and capitalist development in South Africa.--, Provided by publisher

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