This paper evaluates structural change, inequality dynamics, and industrial policy in South Africa between 1960 and the present day. We find that South Africa experienced growth-enhancing structural transformation until the early 1970s, before entering a period of premature deindustrialization....

Introduction -- Development dilemmas -- The post-apartheid development experience -- Evolution of policy in post-apartheid South Africa -- Nation building -- Social and economic transformation : policies and prospects -- Conclusion: towards an inclusive society

In a polarised and highly unequal country such as South Africa, it is unlikely that a definition of the middle class that is based on an income threshold will adequately capture the political and social meanings of being middle class. We therefore propose a multi-dimensional definition, rooted...

Da die Apartheidpolitik der südafrikanischen Regierung der Bevölkerungsmehrheit Menschenrechte wie Freizügigkeit und das Recht auf freie Meinungsäußerung ebenso verweigert wie die Teilnahme am politischen Prozeß, ist der revolutionäre Kampf ein legitimes Mittel, diese Rechte zur Geltung...