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Policy, Politics and Poverty in South Africa

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  • © 2015

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Authors:
  1. Jeremy Seekings

    1. University of Cape Town, South Africa
      Yale University, USA

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  2. Nicoli Nattrass

    1. University of Cape Town, South Africa
      Yale University, USA

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Part of the book series: Developmental Pathways to Poverty Reduction (POD)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction: Neoliberalism, Social Democracy and Poverty

    • Jeremy Seekings, Nicoli Nattrass
    Pages 1-26

  3. Poverty Amidst Affluence

    • Jeremy Seekings, Nicoli Nattrass
    Pages 27-52

  4. Workers, the State and Wages

    • Jeremy Seekings, Nicoli Nattrass
    Pages 53-79

  5. The Economic Growth Path

    • Jeremy Seekings, Nicoli Nattrass
    Pages 80-105

  6. Class and Status

    • Jeremy Seekings, Nicoli Nattrass
    Pages 106-132

  7. Income Support Through the Welfare State

    • Jeremy Seekings, Nicoli Nattrass
    Pages 133-161

  8. The Welfare State, Public Services and the ‘Social Wage’

    • Jeremy Seekings, Nicoli Nattrass
    Pages 162-184

  9. The Capacity and Accountability of the Democratic State

    • Jeremy Seekings, Nicoli Nattrass
    Pages 185-209

  10. The Power of Business and Labour

    • Jeremy Seekings, Nicoli Nattrass
    Pages 210-232

  11. The ‘Rebellion of the Poor’, Social Movements and the Limits of Insurgent Citizenship

    • Jeremy Seekings, Nicoli Nattrass
    Pages 233-253

  12. Conclusion

    • Jeremy Seekings, Nicoli Nattrass
    Pages 254-266

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 267-315
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About this book

Seekings and Nattrass explain why poverty persisted in South Africa after the transition to democracy in 1994. The book examines how public policies both mitigated and reproduced poverty, and explains how and why these policies were adopted. The analysis offers lessons for the study of poverty elsewhere in the world.

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Cape Town, South Africa

    Jeremy Seekings, Nicoli Nattrass

  • Yale University, USA

    Jeremy Seekings, Nicoli Nattrass

About the authors

Jeremy Seekings is Professor of Political Studies and Sociology and Nicoli Nattrass is Professor of Economics at the universities of Cape Town and Yale. Their previous books include Class, Race and Inequality in South Africa. They have written widely on South African politics, economics, society and history, on AIDS and on the comparative history of the welfare state.

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