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State Capture in South Africa

Mbongiseni Buthelezi

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153 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 1h55min.
A multidisciplinary analysis of how state capture unfolded in South Africa and how it was contested within both civil society and the state itself.The metaphor of ‘state capture’ has dominated South Africa’s political discourse in the post-Zuma presidency era. What is state capture and how does it manifest? Is it just another example of a newly independent, failed African state? And is it unique to South Africa?  The contributors in this collection try to explain the phenomenon from a variety of viewpoints and disciplines. All hold fast to the belief that the democracy that promised the country so much when apartheid ended has been significantly eroded, resulting in most citizens expressing a loss of hope for the future. Read together, the essays cumulatively show not only how state capture was enabled and who benefitted, but also how and by whom it was scrutinised and exposed in order to hold those in power accountable. The book aims to present a scholarly and empirical understanding of how things went awry, even with various regulating bodies in place, and how to prevent state capture from happening again in the future. Introduction: Understanding and Explaining State Capture – Mbongiseni Buthelezi and Peter Vale Chapter 1 Elite Formation, Factions and Violence in the Political Economy of Corruption – Karl von Holdt Chapter 2 State Capture, the Racket and Predatory Power – Robyn Foley Chapter 3 The Foundations of Corruption in South Africa – Ryan Brunette Chapter 4 Legal Mobilisation against State Capture – Jonathan Klaaren Chapter 5 How Professionals Enabled State Capture – Cherese Thakur and Devi Pillay Chapter 6 Civil Society in the Face of State Capture: Solidarity and Disharmony – Luke Spiropoulos Chapter 7 Media Capture, the Mirror of State Capture – Reg Rumney Chapter 8 State Capture and the Popular Imagination: Narrowing the Narrative – Sizwe Mpofu-Walsh Chapter 9 Cycles of State Capture: Bringing Profiteers and Enablers to Account – Hennie van Vuuren and Michael Marchant Chapter 10 Old Ways and New Days: An Interview with Barney Pityana – Mbongiseni Buthelezi and Peter Vale Chapter 11 Can Democracy Bind the State? Comparative Thoughts from Brazil, India and South Africa – Patrick Heller Contributors Index
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South Africa and India

Claire Bénit-Gbaffou

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177 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 2h13min.
South Africa’s future is increasingly tied up with that of India. While trade and investment between the two countries is intensifying, they share long-standing historical ties and have much in common: apart from cricket, colonialism and Gandhi, both countries are important players in the global South. As India emerges as a major economic power, the need to understand these links becomes ever more pressing. Can the two countries enter balanced forms of exchange? What forms of transnational political community between these two regions have yet to be researched and understood? The first section of South Africa and India traces the range of historical connection between the two countries. The second section explores unconventional comparisons that offer rich ground on which to build original areas of study. This innovative book looks to a post-American world in which the global South will become ever more important. Within this context, the Indian Ocean arena itself and South Africa and India in particular move to the fore. The book’s main contribution lies in the approaches and methods offered by its wide range of contributors for thinking about this set of circumstances.Introduction South Africa–India: Historical Connections, Cultural Circulations and Socio-political Comparisons Isabel Hofmeyr and Michelle Williams Chapter 1 Gandhi’s Printing Press: Indian Ocean Print Cultures and Cosmopolitanisms Isabel Hofmeyr Chapter 2 Steamship Empire: Asian, African and British Sailors in the Merchant Marine c. 1880–1945 Jonathan Hyslop Chapter 3 The Interlocking Worlds of the Anglo-Boer War in South Africa and India Pradip Kumar Datta Chapter 4 The Disquieting of History: Portuguese (De)Colonisation and Goan Migration in the Indian Ocean Pamila Gupta Chapter 5 Monty… Meets Gandhi … Meets Mandela: The Dilemma of Non-violent Resisters in South Africa, 1940–60 Goolam Vahed Chapter 6 Renaissances, African and Modern: Gandhi as a Resource? Crain Soudien Chapter 7 Democratic Deepening in India and South Africa Patrick Heller Chapter 8 Local Democracy in Indian and South African Cities: A Comparative Literature Review Claire Bénit-Gbaffou and Stéphanie Tawa Lama-Rewal Chapter 9 Reimagining Socialist Futures in South Africa and Kerala, India Michelle Williams Chapter 10 Labour, Migrancy and Urbanisation in South Africa and India, 1900–60 Phil Bonner Conclusion Cricket Ethics: Reflections on a South African-Indian Politics of Virtue Eric Worby
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