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Lecture 11. South Africa: an Exception?

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English - August 11, 2014 14:29 - 48 minutes - 110 MB - ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
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A case study of national capitalism. An outline history of South Africa: creation and persistence of a racist mining enclave. Afrikaner and ANC strategies compared. Transition to a modern economy blocked (Feinstein). After the Mining Energy Complex. South Africa’s future is in Africa.

Charles Feinstein An Economic History of South Africa (2005, also online)
K. Hart & V. Padayachee 2010 http://thememorybank.co.uk/2009/10/10/south-africa-needs-africa/
K. Hart and V. Padayachee 2013 A history of South African capitalism in national and global perspective, Transformation 81/82, 55-85.