Christopher Merrett Reviews South Africa Pushed to the Limit by Hein Marais
Verdict: carrot
Why is it that in a country of so much apparent change, so little has altered? Some developments have been disastrous: the liberation dividend has included a loss of 12 years of average life expectancy since 1994. South Africa remains a country of two economies, one exploiting the other. Hein Marais engages these issues by explaining some of the fundamentals: both Afrikaner and African nationalisms bought into neo-liberalism; there has been an historically close relationship between capital and state; and the power of the minerals/energy complex and finance houses has persisted.
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Book Details
- South Africa Pushed to the Limit: The Political Economy of Change by Hein Marais
EAN: 9781919895406
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