LEADER 04437nam 22005775 450 001 9910838289203321 005 20240724131454.0 010 $a3-031-50450-X 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-031-50450-1 035 $a(CKB)30480549100041 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC31172447 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL31172447 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-031-50450-1 035 $a(EXLCZ)9930480549100041 100 $a20240220d2024 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe Political Economy of Divergent Welfare States in the Global South $eThe Case of South Africa and Mauritius /$fby Elias Phaahla 205 $a1st ed. 2024. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2024. 215 $a1 online resource (248 pages) 225 1 $aInternational Political Economy Series,$x2662-2491 311 $a3-031-50449-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aChapter I: Introduction: Historical Antecedents Behind Remarkable Variance in Welfare Policy Outcomes in South Africa and Mauritius -- Chapter II: SA Tale of Two Countries: Theoretical and Analytical Framework in Comparative Social Inquiry -- Chapter III: Research Design: South Africa and Mauritius in a Macro-causal Social Inquiry -- Chapter IV: State-Building and the Making of the Racially ?Exclusive? Welfare State in South Africa -- Chapter V: State-Building and the Emergence of a Social Democratic Consensus in Colonial Mauritius, 1598 to 1968 -- Chapter VI: Retaining the Social Democratic Welfare Consensus in Post-Colonial Mauritius, 1968 ? present -- Chapter VII: State (Re)-Building and Welfare State Development in Post-Apartheid South Africa -- Chapter VIII: Welfare Paradigms of South Africa and Mauritius: Reflections and Prospects for Future Research. 330 $aThis study traces the welfare regimes of Mauritius and South Africa from the early 20th century focusing on the historical circumstances that gave rise to the dominance of state-funded old-age pensions within their respective welfare frameworks. It highlights intersections between powerful business interests, the state, and social forces that sowed the seeds of social entitlements. Due to different mobilisation efforts of these social actors, both countries have spawned welfare regimes of different persuasions. Mauritius has maintained its long-standing traditions as a social democracy stretching back to the late 1950s, while South Africa continues relentlessly in pursuit of a liberal welfare state, a journey it has treaded since 1928 when the old-age pension laws first came into effect. While unravelling the innermost workings of welfare state development in Mauritius and South Africa, it also probes the present political and economic circumstances that have kept these two welfare regimes resolutely unchanged. Against this backdrop, it draws parallels between current welfare outcomes and those of old as they continue to chart their way into the future. Elias Phaahla, Ph.D. taught at the University of Cape Town (UCT) before joining University of Johannesburg where he is Associate Professor of Politics and International Relations. His main research interests include, but not limited to, the politics of welfare reform with particular focus placed on the old-age pension schemes of Mauritius and South Africa. This work was made possible through the support of the National Research Foundation (NRF). 410 0$aInternational Political Economy Series,$x2662-2491 606 $aInternational economic relations 606 $aEconomic development 606 $aAfrica$xPolitics and government 606 $aInternational Political Economy? 606 $aDevelopment Studies 606 $aAfrican Politics 615 0$aInternational economic relations. 615 0$aEconomic development. 615 0$aAfrica$xPolitics and government. 615 14$aInternational Political Economy?. 615 24$aDevelopment Studies. 615 24$aAfrican Politics. 676 $a330.96982 700 $aPhaahla$b Elias$01726636 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910838289203321 996 $aThe Political Economy of Divergent Welfare States in the Global South$94132569 997 $aUNINA