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  • South Africa and the World

    A political economy journey through time

    by Mills Soko ...
    Over the past 20 years the global political economy has experienced its most profound shifts since the onset of the industrial revolution. In South Africa and the World, Mills Soko reflects on some of the salient issues that have pervaded public discourse during this time, analysing them within the context of the contemporary South African political economy and of the country's position in the ... Read more

    $17.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Future of the South African Political Economy Post-COVID 19

    Edited by Mzukisi Qobo, Mills Soko, Nomfundo Xenia Ngwenya ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book examines the COVID-19 pandemic through socioeconomic lens that draw on history, approaches to state-market relations, and public policy perspectives In 2020, the world experienced the worst pandemic since the outbreak of the Spanish Flu of 1918, which continues to have far[1]reaching implications for the global economy and triggered macro-economic dislocations that severely affected the ... Read more

    $153.69 CAD

  • The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

    Scenarios for South Africa's Uncertain Future

    by Ray Hartley, Greg Mills, Mills Soko ...
    South Africa is facing an extraordinary ‘polycrisis’. The dimensions of this crisis include an energy collapse; a failing rail network; weak education outcomes; an interrupted water supply; and the effects of decades of endemic corruption that have brought much of government to a halt.But the country also has incredible assets: a wealth of sought-after minerals; an enviable Constitution that ... Read more

    $10.59 CAD

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  • Bad Samaritans

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  • Global Shift

    Mapping the Changing Contours of the World Economy

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  • The Mbeki Legacy

    by Brian Pottinger ...
    In September 2008, Thabo Mbeki was ‘recalled’ as president of South Africa, seven months before his term was due to end. This book takes stock of Mbeki’s presidency, by focusing on a simple question: how has South Africa prospered or weakened under his stewardship? The Mbeki Legacy considers how Mbeki consolidated power and why he was defeated at the ANC’s 2007 Polokwane conference. It weighs up ... Read more

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    Jump-Starting Developing Countries

    by Célestin Monga, Justin Yifu Lin ...
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    Why Some Countries Win and Others Lose

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    Global Value Chains in Capitalist Development

    by William Milberg, Deborah Winkler ...
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  • Power

    Where Is It?

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