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OverviewCelebrated as a beacon of democracy and reconciliation, many people in South Africa continue to live in severe poverty, particularly in the Eastern Cape Province. Backed by the United Nations Development Programme, the Eastern Cape's provincial government consequently launched an historically ambitious programme – the Provincial Growth and Development Plan – aimed at tackling the province's poverty, unemployment and inequality over a ten-year period in a radical policy overhaul. Drawing on the author’s first-hand engagement with the planning process, Development Planning in South Africa is an empirically rich study that utilises a strategic-relational approach to explore the ways in which this unprecedented challenge was negotiated and eventually undermined by the South African state. The first work of its kind, the book provides an indispensable micro-level study with profound implications for how state power is understood to be organised and expressed in state policy. Relevant beyond South Africa to policy implementation in both developing and developed states globally, the book is essential reading for students and scholars of government studies, political economy, development, policy studies and social movements. Full Product DetailsAuthor: John ReynoldsPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Imprint: Zed Books Ltd Weight: 0.372kg ISBN: 9781786991638ISBN 10: 1786991632 Pages: 288 Publication Date: 15 December 2019 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 The State and State Policy: A Theoretical Perspective 2. The Post-apartheid South African State and Economy 3. Overview of the Provincial Growth and Development Planning Process 4. Provincial Government Political Priorities 2002–2004 5. Preparing for the Writing of the PGDP Strategy Framework 6. Development of the PGDP Strategy Framework 7. Developing PGDP Programmes and Gearing for Implementation ConclusionReviews'A fascinating account of the policy process in a developing country. The author's insider perspective gives the analysis a particular originality and depth of understanding. Useful for undergraduate and postgraduate students of political economy and development.' Janet Cherry, Nelson Mandela University `Reynolds's compelling policy analysis of the Eastern Cape illustrates how a sophisticated, strategically sensitive approach can explain the limits on state power in challenging the logic and rule of capital in post-apartheid, neoliberal South Africa.' Bob Jessop, Lancaster University 'Development Planning in South Africa shines powerful new light on the multi-layered relations of power that limited and undermined a seemingly promising initiative to break the chains of poverty and inequality in the Eastern Cape.'Gillian Hart, University of Berkeley `Reynolds's compelling policy analysis of the Eastern Cape illustrates how a sophisticated, strategically sensitive approach can explain the limits on state power in challenging the logic and rule of capital in post-apartheid, neoliberal South Africa.' Bob Jessop, Lancaster University 'An analytically sound, comprehensive treatment of the planning process in the Eastern Cape that gives the reader a case study and general insights about how and why development programmes fail. Not to be missed.' John Weeks, School of African and Oriental Studies 'A fascinating account of the policy process in a developing country. The author's insider perspective gives the analysis a particular originality and depth of understanding. Useful for undergraduate and postgraduate students of political economy and development.' Janet Cherry, Nelson Mandela University Author InformationJohn Reynolds is the founding head of the Neil Aggett Labour Studies Unit (NALSU) in the Institute of Social and Economic Research at Rhodes University, South Africa. His extensive experience in the Eastern Cape has included work for the United Nations Development Programme, the Eastern Cape Provincial Government, and on development programmes financed by the European Union. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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