Shadow of liberation contestation and compromise in the economic and social policy of the African National Congress, 1943-1996
Shadow of liberation: contestation and compromise in the economic and social policy of the African National Congress, 1943-1996

<i>Shadow of Liberation</i> explores the twists, turns, contestations and compromises of the African National Congress' (ANC) economic and social policy-making, with a particular focus on the transition era of the 1990s and the early years of democracy. Padayachee and Van Niekerk fo...

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Hauptverfasser: Padayachee, Vishnu 1952-2021 (VerfasserIn), Van Niekerk, Robert ca. 20./21. Jh (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Johannesburg Wits University Press 2019
Schlagworte:
African National Congress
Geschichte 1943-1996
Political parties / History / 20th century
Political leadership / South Africa
Wirtschaftspolitik
Sozialpolitik
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Zusammenfassung:<i>Shadow of Liberation</i> explores the twists, turns, contestations and compromises of the African National Congress' (ANC) economic and social policy-making, with a particular focus on the transition era of the 1990s and the early years of democracy. Padayachee and Van Niekerk focus on the primary question of how and why the ANC, given its historical egalitarian, redistributive stance, did such a dramatic about-face in the 1990s and moved towards an essentially market-dominated approach. Was it pushed or did it go willingly? What role, if any, did Western governments and international financial institutions play? And what of the role of the late apartheid state and South African business? Did leaders and comarades 'sell out' the ANC's emancipatory policy vision?<br><br>Drawing on primary archival evidence as well as extensive interviews with key protagonists across the political, non-government and business spectrum, the authors argue that the ANC's emancipatory policy agenda was broadly to establish a social democratic welfare state to uphold rights of social citizenship. However, its economic policy framework to realise this mission was either non-existent or egregiously misguided.<br><br>With the damning revelations of the Zondo Commission of Inquiry into State Capture on the massive corruption of the South African body politic, the timing of this book could not be more relevant. South Africans need to confront the economic and social policy choices that the liberation movement made and to see how these decisions may have facilitated the conditions for corruption - not only of a crude financial character but also of our emancipatory values as a liberation movement - to emerge and flourish
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The context of economic and social policy-making in the ANC -- African claims the freedom charter and social democracy, 1943-1960 -- Incarceration exile and homecoming, 1960-1991 -- Economic policy debates during a decade of liberation, 1985-1993 -- On the way to GEAR, 1994-1996 -- Making sense of the economic policy debates -- South African Reserve Bank independence -- The politics of health policy-making in the transition Era, 1990-1996 -- Interpretation and conclusion
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xv, 273 Seiten)
ISBN:9781776143962

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