Changing lanes: The political economy of the South African automotive value chain

2000 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 401-415 ◽  
Author(s):  
Justin Barnes
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
South African ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
The Political ◽  
The South

African Economies in Historical Perspective - William Beinart. The Political Economy of Pondoland, 1860–1930. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1982. xii + 220 pp. $39.50.) - Philip Bonner. Kings, Commoners and Concessionaires: The Evolution and Dissolution of the Nineteenth Century Swazi State. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1982. x + 316 pp. $49.50.) - Simon Cunningham. The Copper Industry in Zambia: Foreign Mining Companies in a Developing Country. (New York: Praeger, 1981. xxii + 343 pp. No price listed.) - Patrick Manning. Slavery, Colonialism and Economic Growth in Dahomey, 1640–1960. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1982. xviii + 446 pp. $49.95.) - Guy C.Z. Mhone. The Political Economy of a Dual Labor Market in Africa: The Copper Industry and Dependency in Zambia, 1929–1969. (East Brunswick, N.J.: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1982. 254 pp. $25.00.) - Paul Mosley. The Settler Economies: Studies in the Economic History of Kenya and Southern Rhodesia, 1900–1963. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1983. xiv + 289 pp. $49.50.) - Jill Natrass. The South African Economy: Its Growth and Change. (Capetown: Oxford University Press, 1981. xx + 328 pp. $24.95.) - David Yudelman. The Emergence of Modern South Africa: State, Capital, and the Incorporation of Organized Labor on the South African Gold Fields. (Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1983. xviii + 315 pp. $35.00.)

1985 ◽  
Vol 59 (1) ◽  
pp. 101-113
Author(s):  
Ralph A. Austen
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Political Economy ◽  
South African ◽  
Economic History ◽  
The Political ◽  
Copper Industry ◽  
The South ◽  
Cambridge University ◽  
Growth And Change ◽  
Southern Rhodesia

Inequality in the South African labour market: The political economy of the national minimum wage

2021 ◽  
pp. 026101832110098
Author(s):  
David Francis ◽  
Imraan Valodia
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Political Economy ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
South African ◽  
Minimum Wage ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
The Political ◽  
The South ◽  
Social Dialogue ◽  
Policy Making Process

In 2019, South Africa implemented a national minimum wage (NMW) for the first time. This is an important intervention, given that the South African labour market continues to generate some of the highest levels of income and wealth inequality in the world. The minimum wage is intended as a structural intervention to transform the labour market by setting a wage floor, while highlighting larger issues that continue to reproduce inequality in the labour market. The process raises interesting questions about the role of social dialogue in the policy making process, especially at a time when the roles of experts and evidence are contested in political economy. This article reviews the national minimum wage process from two angles: assessing the economic evidence and examining the political economy of minimum wages in South Africa. We take this approach in order to better understand the roles of evidence and politics in the policy making process. While both processes were contested, important differences emerge from the analysis: the economic lens highlights the intersection of evidence and ideology, while a political economy review identifies important lines of contestation in the policy making process itself. The national minimum wage process shows that institutionalised social dialogue continues to be a central part of the policy making process, but that it cannot be taken for granted: the particular configuration of the social dialogue process and the roles assigned to each player matter.

Ethnic Factors in the Evolution of the South African Military

1975 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 21-28
Author(s):  
Cynthia H. Enloe
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
South African ◽  
Political Institution ◽  
The Political ◽  
The South ◽  
Scant Attention ◽  
Ethnic Factors ◽  
The Military

Virtually all of the literature concerning the politics of South Africa analyzes the dynamics of that system within the frameworks of racism, authoritarianism, and repression. Yet, strangely, the political institution which is necessarily the bulwark of such a system—the military—has attracted scant attention except in terms of strategy and armaments.

scholarly journals The competitive status of the South African Wheat Industry

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 651-666 ◽  
Author(s):  
Johannes Van der Merwe ◽  
Philippus Cloete ◽  
Herman Van Schalkwyk
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
South African ◽  
Wheat Flour ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Institutional Environment ◽  
The South ◽  
Wheat Market ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Trade Partners

This article investigates the competitiveness of the South African wheat industry and compares it to its major trade partners. Since 1997, the wheat-to-bread value chain has been characterised by concentration of ownership and regulation. This led to concerns that the local wheat market is losing international competitiveness. The competitive status of the wheat industry, and its sub-sectors, is determined through the estimation of the relative trade advantage (RTA). The results revealed declining competitiveness of local wheat producers. Compared to the major global wheat producers, such as Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Germany and the USA, South Africa’s unprocessed wheat industry is uncompetitive. At the same time, South Africa has a competitive advantage in semi-processed wheat, especially wheat flour. The institutional environment enables the importation of raw wheat at lower prices and exports processed wheat flour competitively to the rest of Africa.

Challenges and Complexities of the South African Economy

2021 ◽  
pp. 2-25
Author(s):  
Fiona Tregenna ◽  
Arabo K. Ewinyu ◽  
Arkebe Oqubay ◽  
Imraan Valodia
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
South African ◽  
Growth And Development ◽  
The Political ◽  
Economic Data ◽  
Growth Path ◽  
The South ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Policy Context ◽  
Key Characteristics

This chapter discusses the key characteristics and core challenges of the South African economy in the post-apartheid era. South Africa shares some commonalities with other African and middle-income economies, yet has a unique history and some distinctive economic features. South Africa’s economic complexities and challenges are discussed here with reference to six comparator countries. We examine South Africa’s growth path, considering the low rates of economic growth as well as the lack of structural transformation and the unsustainable and non-inclusive nature of this growth. The ‘triple challenges’ of poverty, inequality, and employment are both a manifestation of the nature of this growth path and a constraint on overall growth. This is also briefly evaluated in the context of the political economy and policy context of growth and development in South Africa. The chapter reviews South African economic data, with a focus on microeconomic survey data.

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