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Author:   Adam Habib
Publisher:   Ohio University Press
Imprint:   Ohio University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 13.30cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.299kg
ISBN:  

9780821420720

ISBN 10:   0821420720
Pages:   304
Publication Date:   18 September 2013
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface ix 1 Introduction 1 The state of the nation 4 Explaining the transition 25 A brief outline of the book 29 2 Governance, political accountability and service delivery 35 The construction of the post-apartheid state 37 The erosion of political accountability 54 Behind the service delivery crisis 60 The challenge 70 3 The political economy of development 73 The shift to GEAR 76 The central contradiction 91 Groping towards social democracy 93 Acknowledging changes in economic policy 102 Contradictory approaches to inequality 105 The challenge 107 4 The viability of a sustainable social pact 111 Social unionism and South Africa's first social pact 113 Understanding the emergence of social pacts 122 The potential for a social pact in the post-Polokwane era 128 The challenge 136 5 The evolution of state-civil society relations 139 Historical context 143 Civil society in the democratic era 147 The state, civil society and the consolidation of democracy 158 The challenge 164 6 South Africa and the world 167 Foreign policy and second-generation nationalism 170 South Africa's foreign policy, 1994-2008 175 Continuities and discontinuities in foreign policy since 2008 190 The challenge 199 7 What is to be done? 201 Reform or transformation 203 Reconstructing political accountability to citizens 206 Reconciling constitutional rights 212 The necessity of leadership 222 8 Reinterpreting democratic and development experiences 225 Human agency and its structural conditioning 227 Socio-economic justice in transitional democracies 232 The battle of interpretation 235 A progressive nationalism? 244 Frequently used acronyms and abbreviations 247 Endnotes 249 References 265 Index 291

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"""This is a readable, well-informed and perceptive account of the political economy of contemporary South Africa. Although he is clear-eyed about the inequality and poverty that mar the social terrain and the factionalism, corruption and greed that currently affect elite politics, Habib makes a case for specific forms of political leadership, for an active citizenry, and for the possibility of social pacts as paths towards an alternative political agenda."" Colin Bundy, Honorary Fellow, Green Templeton College, University of Oxford ""[South Africa's Suspended Revolution] offers a strong perspective, i.e. it is impatient and advocates change, and is not academically objective in the normal scholarly sense. However, it works very hard to achieve a balance, both in its source materials and in covering different schools of thought, and it works equally hard to be fair to key actors in the South African saga. It is, almost surprisingly, given its critique, hopeful - though clearly tempered."" Stephan Chan, OBE, professor of international relations, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London"

[ South Africa's Suspended Revolution ] offers a strong perspective, i.e. it is impatient and advocates change, and is not academically objective in the normal scholarly sense. However, it works very hard to achieve a balance, both in its source materials and in covering different schools of thought, and it works equally hard to be fair to key actors in the South African saga. It is, almost surprisingly, given its critique, hopeful -- though clearly tempered. <br><br>Stephan Chan, OBE, professor of international relations, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London

[South Africa's Suspended Revolution] offers a strong perspective, i.e. it is impatient and advocates change, and is not academically objective in the normal scholarly sense. However, it works very hard to achieve a balance, both in its source materials and in covering different schools of thought, and it works equally hard to be fair to key actors in the South African saga. It is, almost surprisingly, given its critique, hopeful - though clearly tempered. Stephan Chan, OBE, professor of international relations, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London This is a readable, well-informed and perceptive account of the political economy of contemporary South Africa. Although he is clear-eyed about the inequality and poverty that mar the social terrain and the factionalism, corruption and greed that currently affect elite politics, Habib makes a case for specific forms of political leadership, for an active citizenry, and for the possibility of social pacts as paths towards an alternative political agenda. Colin Bundy, Honorary Fellow, Green Templeton College, University of Oxford

This is a readable, well-informed and perceptive account of the political economy of contemporary South Africa. Although he is clear-eyed about the inequality and poverty that mar the social terrain and the factionalism, corruption and greed that currently affect elite politics, Habib makes a case for specific forms of political leadership, for an active citizenry, and for the possibility of social pacts as paths towards an alternative political agenda. Colin Bundy, Honorary Fellow, Green Templeton College, University of Oxford [South Africa's Suspended Revolution] offers a strong perspective, i.e. it is impatient and advocates change, and is not academically objective in the normal scholarly sense. However, it works very hard to achieve a balance, both in its source materials and in covering different schools of thought, and it works equally hard to be fair to key actors in the South African saga. It is, almost surprisingly, given its critique, hopeful - though clearly tempered. Stephan Chan, OBE, professor of international relations, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London

Author Information

Adam Habib is vice-chancellor and principal of University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa. He worked at the Human Sciences Research Council as an executive director from 2004 to 2007, as a professor of the School of Development Studies at the University of Natal from 2001 to 2003, and as deputy vice-chancellor for research at the University of Johannesburg from 2008 to 2013.

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