Neoliberalism and the State of Belonging in South Africa

This book explains the making of the South African state and thereby contributes to the development theory by analyzing the concept of the embedded neoliberal state. The author offers a theoretical exploration of state formation as an inherently interconnected international and domestic social process as applied to the history and development of South Africa. A genuine social science that eschews disciplinary boundaries, this will appeal to a wide audience of scholars in the fields of political development, political science, African and development studies.

Explains the making of the South African state and contributes to development theory by analyzing the concept of the embedded neoliberal state Provides a theoretical exploration of state formation as an inherently interconnected international and domestic social process Eschews disciplinary boundaries

Autorentext

Derick A. Becker is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Nottingham, Malaysia.

Inhalt

1. Introduction: There Is No Alternative: Globalization and Post-Apartheid South Africa.- 2. No Island Unto Itself: Spatial Performativity and Production of the State.- 3. The Meaning of Belonging: Race and the Making of South Africa.- 4. The Politics of Discontent and the Early State: On the Origins and Death of Apartheid.- 5. A State in Transition: The Negotiated Birth of the Post-Apartheid State.- 6. On the State of Belonging: What a Theory of Space Tells Us About Neoliberalism and Apartheid in Contemporary South Africa.