Neoliberalism and privatisation in South Africa

@article{Narsiah2002NeoliberalismAP,
  title={Neoliberalism and privatisation in South Africa},
  author={Sagie Narsiah},
  journal={GeoJournal},
  year={2002},
  volume={57},
  pages={3-13}
}
Perhaps the defining characteristic of development as a global discourse is its neoliberal character. Even recently liberated nations such as South Africa have not escaped its reach. In South Africa, there has been a movement from a development policy with a socialist resonance – the Reconstruction and Development Program (RDP) – to one decidedly neoliberal in form and substance – the Growth Employment and Redistribution (GEAR) policy. The articulation of neoliberalism through development… 
View on Springer
87 Citations
Highly Influential Citations
5
Background Citations
31
Methods Citations
5

87 Citations

Citation Type

Citation Type

ALTERNATIVES TO NEOLIBERAL GOVERNMENTALITY IN SOUTH AFRICA
ABSTRACT Neoliberalism stands as the global economic colossus of our era. For neoliberal protagonists, sycophants, and acolytes alike, the oft repeated refrain ‘there is no alternative’ has become a…
The South African TRC as Neoliberal Reconciliation: Victim Subjectivities and the Synchronization of Affects
  • J. Bowsher
  • Political Science
    Social & Legal Studies
  • 2019
This article brings new insights from critical neoliberalism studies into dialogue with recent critical human rights scholarship to develop a theoretically driven analysis of South Africa’s…
The Print Media in South Africa: Paving the Way for ‘Privatisation’
Since the end of apartheid, national and local governments in South Africa have been involved in the commercialisation and marketisation of a wide range of public services. This article examines the…
Marx and the mirage of change: Notes from South Africa
There is little doubt that the understanding of the dynamics of capitalism has been enriched by Geography. Moreover, geographers utilizing Marxist/Marxian lenses have provided valuable insights into…
Neoliberalism, Activism, and HIV/AIDS in Postapartheid South Africa
The transition to democracy in South Africa was marked by discourses on ruptures with the colonial, apartheid past and the establishment of a new democratic, socially responsible, and responsive…
District 9, race and neoliberalism in post-apartheid Johannesburg
District 9 is a sci-fi film, ostensibly concerned with the arrival of extraterrestrials in Johannesburg, that explores notions of regulatory control and economic supremacy in twenty-first century…
Decentralisation or deconcentration: The case of regional and local economic development in South Africa
The widespread globalisation, democratisation and decentralisation process that took place in developing nations in the early 1990s created unique opportunities for subnational governments to play an…
Informality, infrastructure and the State in post-apartheid Johannesburg
The central argument of this thesis is that the spatiality of encounter between state and citizenship in post-apartheid South Africa is unequal and discontinuous. Although the developmental…
Fluid Governance : Scalar politics in the South African
Everyday international political economy (EIPE) offers an opportunity to rethink the role of individuals and citizenry in shaping governance of natural resources. In South Africa, significant…
Environment and Development in the Former South African Bantustans
outh outh Africa's first fully democratic elections of 1994 were typified by a wave of optimism that its social and spatial history would be transformed to redress the inequities of the apartheid…
...
1
2
3
4
5
...

References

SHOWING 1-10 OF 27 REFERENCES
Elite Transition: From Apartheid to Neoliberalism in South Africa
Elite transition is the first study to offer an analysis of the compromises that have been made, and continue to be made, between the past and present powers in post-apartheid South Africa. Basing…
Ideology, Discourse, and the Geography of Hegemony: From Socialist to Neoliberal Development in Postapartheid South Africa
The African National Congress (ANC) has long stood for a development policy committed to improving living conditions for black people in South Africa. Assuming power in 1994, the ANC adopted a…
Neoliberalism and the Political Economy of the 'New' South Africa
South Africa’s relatively smooth transition from the institutionalise d racism of apartheid to a universally franchised democracy was, from any perspective, remarkable. Even the most astute political…
Economic Policy and Power Relations in South Africa's Transition to Democracy
The two faces of privatisation: political and economic logics in transitional South Africa
  • J. Hentz
  • Political Science
    The Journal of Modern African Studies
  • 2000
Privatisation has both an economic and a political face. In South Africa, this Janus-faced character is revealed by the juxtaposition of economic and political arguments for and against the process…
'Scan Globally; Reinvent Locally': Reflecting on the Origins of South Africa's Capital Housing Subsidy Policy
Perhaps in an ideal world, governments would learn from the experiences of others. What has worked well or badly in one place can be repeated or avoided in another. Of course, one place is different…
A successful approach to participation : the World Bank's relationship with South Africa
When the Bank began to re-establish formal relations with South Africa around 1990, its image in the country was very negative. Politicians, academics and even some business groups perceived the Bank…
South Africa, Limits to Change: The Political Economy of Transformation
Many observers of South Africa during the 1970s believed that nothing short of a bloody revolution would end apartheid. The result of that revolution was expected to be a society in which whites…
We Are the Poors: Community Struggles in Post-Apartheid South Africa
When Nelson Mandela was elected president of South Africa in 1994, freedom-loving people around the world hailed a victory over racial domination. The end of apartheid did not change the basic…
Progressive academic economists & the Challenge of development in South Africa's decade of liberation
This article examines the relationship between progressive academic economists and anti‐apartheid social movements in the period that has come to be known as South Africa's decade of liberation,…
...
1
2
3
...