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Record Nr.

UNINA9910957408303321

Autore

Seekings Jeremy

Titolo

Policy, Politics and Poverty in South Africa / / by Jeremy Seekings, Nicoli Nattrass

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2015

ISBN

9781137452696

1137452692

Edizione

[1st ed. 2015.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (X, 315 p.)

Collana

Developmental Pathways to Poverty Reduction, , 2662-6241

Classificazione

BUS014000BUS068000BUS069000BUS072000

Disciplina

305.5/690968

Soggetti

Labor economics

Development economics

Economic policy

Financial services industry

Management

Economic development

Labor Economics

Development Economics

Economic Policy

Financial Services

Development Studies

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

Seekings and Nattrass explain why poverty persisted in South Africa after the transition to democracy in 1994. The book examines how public policies both mitigated and reproduced poverty, and explains how and why these policies were adopted. The analysis offers lessons for the study of poverty elsewhere in the world.