"Elite Transition" is a seminal accounting of compromises and struggles in post-apartheid South Africa. Combining original documentation, insider anecdotes and theoretical insights, Patrick Bond dissects a range of socio-economic continuities from old to new South Africa. He deploys political-economic analysis and draws upon case studies including social contracts, black economic empowerment, housing, the Reconstruction and Development Programme, World Bank and international financial influence, and corporate power. The original edition of "Elite Transition" provided an insightful review of South Africa's first years of democracy and an optimistic account of the potential that still exists for a progressive, grassroots resurgence of the liberation spirit. This updated edition includes a lengthy Afterword that maintains a scorching critique of elitist politics and economics. Most importantly, the book provides context for the upsurge in popular protest against the government's neoliberal policies since 2000.
- ISBN10 1869140575
- ISBN13 9781869140571
- Publish Date 15 May 2005 (first published 1 February 2000)
- Publish Status Unknown
- Publish Country ZA
- Imprint University of KwaZulu-Natal Press
- Edition 2nd Revised edition
- Format Paperback
- Pages 392
- Language English