Elite Transition: From Apartheid to Neoliberalism in South Africa, Edition 2

· Pluto Books
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Released to coincide with the 20th anniversary of the end of apartheid, this is an updated edition of a best-selling work of political analysis. Patrick Bond, a former adviser to the ANC, investigates how groups such as the ANC went from being a force of liberation to a vehicle now perceived as serving the economic interests of an elite few.

This edition includes new analysis looking at the 2008 internal coup against Thabo Mbeki, the subsequent economic crisis and the massacre of miners at Marikana in 2012. Bond also assesses the historiography of the transition written since 2000 from nationalist, liberal and radical perspectives, and replies to critics of his work, both from liberal and nationalist perspectives.

This is an essential text on post-Apartheid South Africa, which will be vital reading for all who study or have an interest in this part of the continent, and in social change and neoliberal public policy more generally.

About the author

Patrick Bond is professor at the University of the Western Cape School of Government. His research interests include political economy, environment, social policy, and geopolitics. He is the author of several books, including BRICS (Pluto, 2015) and Elite Transition (Pluto, 2014).

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