South Africa Pushed to the Limit : The Political Economy of Change

Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Pushed to the limit -- 1 The making of a polarised society -- The mould is cast -- The rise of the working classes -- Illusions of strength -- The rise of African nationalism -- Afrikaner nationalism's triumph -- Iron fist 'development' -- The post-war growth path -- The minerals-energy complex -- Fight-back -- The turn to armed struggle -- Into the doldrums -- Apartheid's harvest -- Cracks in the system -- Endnotes -- 2 Saving the system -- A new wave of resistance -- The party's over -- Recasting the divide -- Seizing opportunities -- 'Total strategy' -- Panic attack: from resistance to 'revolution' -- 'Workerists' and 'populists' -- 'Everything is political' -- The state shifts course -- Costs of insurrectionism -- Taking stock -- Stalemate -- At the crossroads -- Leap into the unknown -- Government-in-waiting -- Deadlock -- Endnotes -- 3 Contours of the transition -- Big stakes, high risks -- Taking the plunge -- Breaking the rules -- Terms of the deal -- Hidden hazards -- Tectonic shifts -- Change and continuity -- Bypassed -- Salvaging the economic system -- South Africa in the global economy -- Shifting the terms of incorporation -- The triumph of orthodoxy -- Endnotes -- 4 Sticking to the rules: the evolution of post-apartheid economic policy -- Catching up -- Back to school -- Drawing pictures -- Converted: ANC economic policy in the early 1990s -- 'No alternative' -- The quiet death of the MERG report -- Marching with history -- The myth of the weak state -- Rude awakenings -- The GEAR plan -- Putting the best foot forward -- Report cards -- Defending GEAR -- Endnotes -- 5 All dressed up: the economy in the twenty-first century -- Rewind: South Africa's economic makeover -- Post-apartheid investment patterns -- Nip and tuck: the conglomerates restructure