State-Business Relations and Economic Transformation in South Africa and Zimbabwe (eBook)

Unfinished Transformation

Sinan Baran (Autor)

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2023
224 Seiten
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-6669-2003-1 (ISBN)

Infos

In State-Business Relations and Economic Transformation in South Africa and Zimbabwe: Unfinished Transformation, Sinan Baran examines state-business relations (SBRs) in semi-peripheral South Africa and peripheral Zimbabwe after each country's transition to majority rule to address why SBRs are likely to either consolidate or fracture in post-transition communities. In both countries, the majority governments faced unresolved, post-transition divisions relating to race, inequality, and underdevelopment. Baran analyzes the liberalisation and indigenisation policy choices intended to address these areas that are impacting the mining industries in South Africa and Zimbabwe as case studies. Using comparative analysis and a Modern World-Systems lens, he argues that semi-peripheral countries are less susceptible to pressures from domestic and external powers than peripheral countries during periods of economic transformation. He further argues that China's significant political and economic presence in a peripheral country like Zimbabwe has more effect on SBRs than in a semi-peripheral country like South Africa.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.7.2023
• Zusatzinfo: 15 Illustrations including: - 5 Black & White Illustrations; - 10 Tables.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre
• Schlagworte: African Political Economy • African Studies • China-Africa relations • comparative politics • Economics • Economic Transformation • indigenization • International Relations • Liberalization • Mining Industry • modern world-system • Policy • Political Economy • South Africa • State-business relations • Zimbabwe
• ISBN-10: 1-6669-2003-7 / 1666920037
• ISBN-13: 978-1-6669-2003-1 / 9781666920031