SHADOW OF LIBERATION
SHADOW OF LIBERATION
Contestation and Compromise in the Economic and Social Policy of the African National Congress, 1943–1996
Vishnu Padayachee and Robert van Niekerk
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Copyright © Vishnu Padayachee and Robert van Niekerk 2019
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First published 2019
http://dx.doi.org.10.18772/12019103955
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CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1:The Context of Economic and Social Policy-Making in the ANC
CHAPTER 2:African Claims, the Freedom Charter and Social Democracy, 1943–1960
CHAPTER 3:Incarceration, Exile and Homecoming, c.1960–c.1991
CHAPTER 4:Economic Policy Debates during a Decade of Liberation, 1985–1993
CHAPTER 5:On the Way to GEAR, 1994–1996
CHAPTER 6:Making Sense of the Economic Policy Debates
CHAPTER 7:South African Reserve Bank Independence
CHAPTER 8:The Politics of Health Policy-Making in the Transition Era, 1990–1996
CHAPTER 9:Interpretation and Conclusion
ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS
| ANC | African National Congress |
| BEE | black economic empowerment |
| CCFF | Compensatory and Contingency Financing Facility |
| CEAS | Central Economic Advisory Services |
| CIA | Central Intelligence Agency |
| Codesa | Convention for a Democratic South Africa |
| Codesria | Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa |
| Cosatu | Congress of South African Trade Unions |
| CPGB | Communist Party of Great Britain |
| CPSA | Communist Party of South Africa |
| CPSU | Communist Party of the Soviet Union |
| CREFSA | Centre for Research into Economics and Finance in Southern Africa |
| CSS | Central Statistical Service |
| DBSA | Development Bank of Southern Africa |
| DEP | Department of Economic Planning |
| ECA | Economic Commission for Africa |
| EDP | Economic Development Plan |
| EROSA | Economic Research on South Africa |
| ET | Economic Trends Research Group |
| FFC | Financial and Fiscal Commission |
| GDP | gross domestic product |
| GEAR | Growth, Employment and Redistribution |
| GNP | gross national product |
| GNU | Government of National Unity |
| HBU | historically black university |
| IDRC | International Development Research Centre |
| IFP | Inkatha Freedom Party |
| IMF | International Monetary Fund |
| LAPC | Land and Agricultural Policy Centre |
| LSE | London School of Economics |
| MDM |
mass democratic movement
|