International Trade Policy and Class Dynamics in South Africa The Economic Partnership Agreement /

• Main Author: Claar, Simone (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: International Political Economy Series,
• Subjects: Political economy.; Social structure.; Social inequality.; International economics.; Trade.; Business.; Commerce.; Economic policy.; International Political Economy.; Social Structure, Social Inequality.; International Economics.; Economic Policy.

This book provides an innovative perspective on class dynamics in South Africa, focussing specifically on how economic and trade policy have shaped the interests of two strands of the South African population. As an emerging market, South African political and economic actions are subject to the att...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1. Introduction and Theoretical Focus
• Chapter 2. National Context: Contemporary South African Capitalism, the State and its policy
• Chapter 3. Transnational Context: International Trade Relations
• Chapter 4. South African Capitalist Classes: from Mining to Agriculture
• Chapter 5. South Africa's Political Elite and its Political Objectors
• Chapter 6. South Africa's Popular Classes
• Chapter 7. South Africa's Economic State Apparatuses
• Chapter 8. The EU-SADC EPA: Road Map and Conflicts (2006-2010)
• Chapter 9. Class Fractions Perspectives on the Conflicting EPA Issues
• Chapter 10. Restart of the EU-SADC EPA Negotiation and its Outcome
• Chapter 11. Conclusion.