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UNINA9910811069603321 |
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Autore |
Allen Michael H. <1952-> |
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Titolo |
Globalization, negotiation, and the failure of transformation in South Africa : revolution at a bargain? / / Michael H. Allen |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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New York, : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006 |
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ISBN |
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1-281-36970-5 |
9786611369705 |
1-4039-8307-0 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed. 2006.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (XV, 236 pages) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Globalization - Economic aspects - South Africa |
Globalization - Social aspects - South Africa |
Globalization - Political aspects - South Africa |
Free enterprise - South Africa |
Debts, External - South Africa |
South Africa Economic conditions 1991- |
South Africa Economic policy |
South Africa Foreign economic relations |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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1. Introduction : questions from a gestalt moment -- 2. Theory and context -- 3. Violence, capital flows, and bargaining power -- 4. Financial globalization, debt negotiations, and reform in South Africa -- 5. Negotiating economic justice : globalization or socialism? -- 6. Revolution at a bargain? -- 7. Globalist and non-sexist? -- 8. Negotiating democracy -- 9. Conclusion : the failure of transformation. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The book explains the social forces, forms of consciousness and structural constraints that undermined Apartheid, preserved national unity and yet, later constrained democratic sovereignty, as the imperatives of global markets clashed with the prior aspirations of the democratic revolution. |
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