Elite Transition From Apartheid to Neoliberalism in South Africa

Released to coincide with the 20th anniversary of the end of Apartheid in South Africa, this is a fully revised and updated edition of a best-selling work of political analysis. Patrick Bond, a former adviser to the African National Congress (ANC), investigates how groups such as the ANC went from being a force of liberation to a vehicle now perceived as serving the economic interests of an elite few.

This edition includes new analysis looking at the 2004 election and the crisis which shook the country following the massacre of miners at Marikana in 2012. Bond also asses the historiography of the transition written since 2000 from nationalist, liberal and radical perspectives, and replies to critics of his work, both from liberal and nationalist perspectives.

The provocative and though-provoking final chapter, 'From Racial to Class Apartheid', is a compelling conclusion to this essential text on post-Apartheid South Africa, which will be vital reading for all who study or have an interest in this part of the continent, and in social change more widely.

Patrick Bond is Associate Professor at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa, and a research associate of the Alternative Information and Development Centre. He is the author of several books, including Looting Africa (2006) and Cities of Gold, Townships of Coal (1999).

Preface
List of Acronyms
PART I: POWER AND ECONOMIC DISCOURSES
1. Neoliberal Economic Constraints on Liberation
2. Social Contract Scenarios
PART II: THE ASCENDANCE OF NEOLIBERAL SOCIAL POLICY
3. Rumours, Dreams and Promises
4. The Housing Question
PART III: INTERNATIONAL LESSONS
5. The World Bank as 'Knowledge Bank'
6. Beyond Neoliberalism? South Africa and Global Economic Crisis
AFTERWORD
7.a. From Racial to Class Apartheid
b. Understanding the Transition (Assessing the Nationalist, Liberal, and Radical Narratives)
c. A Reply to Critics
d. Prognoses