New South African Review 2: New Paths, Old Compromises? - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 1868145417 ISBN 13: 9781868145416

Casa editrice: Witwatersrand Univ Pr, 2011

Riassunto

The second volume of the New South African Review (NSAR) continues a tradition of debate and critical, analytical scholarship about contemporary South Africa. Drawing on authors from academia and beyond, it aims to be informative, discursive and provocative. In this volume, the New Growth Path (NGP) adopted by the South African government in 2010 provides the basis for a debate about whether "decent work" is the best possible solution to South Africa’s problems of low economic growth and high unemployment. Rising inequality is explored against the backdrop of the failings of Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) and Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (BBBEE). The NGP’s proposals for "greening the economy" are discussed, with emphasis on the creation of "green jobs" and biofuels. The volume also includes investigations into the crisis of acid mine drainage on the Witwatersrand, and other persistent environmental challenges. Possibilities for participatory forms of government are surveyed, and civil society activism is explored in relation to the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) and environmental campaigns. The crisis in child care in public hospitals, the difficulties that characterize attempts at building relationships between the police and a township community, and the problems related to the absence of legislation to govern the powers of traditional authorities over land allocation (through the experience of the Eastern Cape) are also featured. Asking whether the NGP 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.

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Informazioni sull?autore

John Daniel is retired as academic director at the School for International Training in Durban. Prishani Naidoo, Devan Pillay, and Roger Southall are all in the department of sociology at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Witwatersrand Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1868145417
• ISBN 13: 9781868145416
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 398
• Redattore: Daniel John, Naidoo Prishani, Pillay Devan, Southall Roger
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile