International Trade Policy and Class Dynamics in South Africa: The Economic Partnership Agreement
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Beschreibung
Chapter 1: Introduction and Theoretical Focus
Scope of the Book and the Research Question
Theoretical Framework
Historical-Materialist Policy Analysis and South Africa's Specific Situation
Structure of the Book
Part 1: South Africa's Political Economy
Chapter 2: National Context: Contemporary South African Capitalism, the State and its policy
Point of Departure: Economic and Trade Policy during Apartheid (1948-1990)
From RDP to AsgiSA: All about Growth
Black Economic Empowerment
Second Decade: Growth, Industrial and Trade Policy
Economic and Political Turmoil
Chapter 3: Transnational Context: International Trade Relations
South Africa and the WTO
South Africa and BRICS
South Africa in Africa and the Region
South Africa's Trade Relations with the European Union
Part II: South Africa's Class Relations in Economic and Trade Policy
Chapter 4: South African Capitalist Classes: from Mining to Agriculture
Mining Capital as the Core of the South African Economy
Manufacturing Capital - Vocal and Organised?
Finance and Banking Capital
Agricultural Capital
Business Representation: Clash of Capital Interests?
Chapter 5: South Africa's Political Elite and its Political Objectors
The ANC as the Political Elite and its Relation to Workers and Capitalists
The Alliance Partners: the SACP and COSATU
Opposition Parties and their Relation to Capitalist and Popular ClassesChapter 6: South Africa's Popular Classes
Working Classes, their Fractions and Representatives
Subaltern Classes beyond Working Class
Chapter 7: South Africa's Economic State Apparatuses
The Presidency and National Treasury
Department of Trade and Industry and Further Relevant Departments
Parliament and NEDLAC
Beyond the State Apparatus: Trade Policy Related Organisations
Part III: Reconstructing the Process: South Africa's Classes and the Economic Partnership Agreement
Chapter 8: The EU-SADC EPA: Road Map and Conflicts (2006-2010)
Chapter 9: Class Fractions Perspectives on the Conflicting EPA Issues
Conflicts over Trade in Goods
Conflicts over Trade in Services and InvestmentConflicts over Deep Integration Issues
The (Unspoken) Class Compromise
Chapter 10: Restart of the EU-SADC EPA Negotiation and its Outcome
The Final EPA: Changes in the Relationship of Forces
Why a EU-SADC EPA Agreement?
Chapter 11: Conclusion
Neo-Poulantzian Perspectives on the South African State
The (Non) Future of the New Trade Agenda?