Elite Transition: From Apartheid to Neoliberalism in South Africa, Revised and Expanded Edition

Released to coincide with the 20th anniversary of the end of Apartheid in South Africa, this is a fully revised and updated edition of a best-selling work of political analysis. Patrick Bond, a former adviser to the African National Congress (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 2004 election and the crisis which shook the country following the massacre of miners at Marikana in 2012. Bond also asses 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. The provocative and though-provoking final chapter, 'From Racial to Class Apartheid', is a compelling conclusion to this 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 more widely. 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. Intro -- Half-title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Introduction: Dissecting South Africa's Transition -- Part I: Power and Economic Discourses -- 1. Neoliberal Economic Constraints on Liberation -- 2. Social Contract Scenarios -- Part II: The Ascendancy of Neoliberal Social Policy -- 3. Rumours, Dreams and Promises -- 4. The Housing Question -- Part III: International Lessons -- 5. The World Bank as 'Knowledge Bank' [sic] -- 6. Beyond Neoliberalism? South Africa and Global Economic Crisis -- Afterword: From Racial to Class Apartheid -- Afterword to the New Edition: South Africa Faces its 'Faustian Pact': Neoliberalism, Financialisation and Proto-Fascism -- Notes and References -- Index Examines how the ANC went from being a force of liberation to serving the economic interests of the elite few, arguing that South Africa's largest trade union's break from the ANC offers hope for changing South Africa's political terrain despite twenty years of state-corporate corruption, growing protests, rising income inequality, and ecological destruction Fully updated edition of best-selling work of political analysis. Released to coincide with 20th anniversary of the end of Apartheid in South Africa.