Policy, Politics and Poverty in South Africa

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 elsew...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Seekings, Jeremy, Nattrass, Nicoli (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London Palgrave Macmillan UK 2015, 2015
Series:Developmental Pathways to Poverty Reduction Series
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary: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
Physical Description:X, 315 p online resource
ISBN:9781137452696