International Trade Policy and Class Dynamics in South Africa
The Economic Partnership Agreement
Authors: Claar, Simone
- Reveals key aspects of class politics in South Africa
- Contributes to the comparative analysis of trade policy
- Applies a historical materialist perspective to the study of political economy
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- About this book
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This book provides an innovative perspective on class dynamics in South Africa, focusing specifically on how different interests have shaped economic and trade policy. As an emerging market, South African political and economic actions are subject to the attention of international trade policy. Claar provides an in-depth class analysis of the contradictory negotiation processes that occurred between South Africa and the European Union on Economic-Partnership Agreements (EPA), examining the divergent roles played by the political and economic elite, and the working class. The author considers their relationships with the new global trade agenda, as well as their differing standpoints on the EPA.
- About the authors
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Simone Claar is post-doc researcher at the Working Group Globalization & Politics at the University of Kassel and Senior Policy Advisor for Teacher Education at the German Education Union, Germany. Alongside a previous position as Researcher in the Department of Political Science at the University of Kassel, she worked as a Research Associate at Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany. Her research interests include capitalism, emerging markets, development and trade, class analysis and the postcolonial state.
- Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Introduction and Theoretical Focus
Pages 1-36
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National Context: Contemporary South African Capitalism, the State and Its Policy
Pages 39-63
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Transnational Context: International Trade Relations
Pages 65-77
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South African Capitalist Classes: From Mining to Agriculture
Pages 81-101
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South Africa’s Political Elite and Its Political Objectors
Pages 103-128
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- International Trade Policy and Class Dynamics in South Africa
- Book Subtitle
- The Economic Partnership Agreement
- Authors
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- Simone Claar
- Series Title
- International Political Economy Series
- Copyright
- 2018
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Copyright Holder
- The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s)
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-319-65714-1
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-319-65714-1
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-65713-4
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-88088-4
- Series ISSN
- 2662-2483
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XV, 244
- Number of Illustrations
- 4 b/w illustrations
- Topics
