Shadow of Liberation. Vishnu Padayachee
SHADOW OF LIBERATION
SHADOW OF LIBERATION
Contestation and Compromise in the Economic and Social Policy of the African National Congress, 1943–1996
Vishnu Padayachee and Robert van Niekerk
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First published 2019
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CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1:The Context of Economic and Social Policy-Making in the ANC
CHAPTER 2:African Claims, the Freedom Charter and Social Democracy, 1943–1960
CHAPTER 3:Incarceration, Exile and Homecoming, c.1960–c.1991
CHAPTER 4:Economic Policy Debates during a Decade of Liberation, 1985–1993
CHAPTER 5:On the Way to GEAR, 1994–1996
CHAPTER 6:Making Sense of the Economic Policy Debates
CHAPTER 7:South African Reserve Bank Independence
CHAPTER 8:The Politics of Health Policy-Making in the Transition Era, 1990–1996
CHAPTER 9:Interpretation and Conclusion
ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS
ANC | African National Congress |
BEE | black economic empowerment |
CCFF | Compensatory and Contingency Financing Facility |
CEAS | Central Economic Advisory Services |
CIA | Central Intelligence Agency |
Codesa | Convention for a Democratic South Africa |
Codesria | Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa |
Cosatu | Congress of South African Trade Unions |
CPGB | Communist Party of Great Britain |
CPSA | Communist Party of South Africa |
CPSU | Communist Party of the Soviet Union |
CREFSA | Centre for Research into Economics and Finance in Southern Africa |
CSS | Central Statistical Service |
DBSA | Development Bank of Southern Africa |
DEP | Department of Economic Planning |
ECA | Economic Commission for Africa |
EDP | Economic Development Plan |
EROSA | Economic Research on South Africa |
ET | Economic Trends Research Group |
FFC | Financial and Fiscal Commission |
GDP | gross domestic product |
GEAR | Growth, Employment and Redistribution |
GNP | gross national product |
GNU | Government of National Unity |
HBU | historically black university |
IDRC | International Development Research Centre |
IFP | Inkatha Freedom Party |
IMF | International Monetary Fund |
LAPC | Land and Agricultural Policy Centre |
LSE | London School of Economics |
MDM |
mass democratic movement
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