This book examines contemporary understandings of social change and political economy in a democratic South Africa through the lens of the intellectual, social and political life of Vishnu Padayachee. Padayachee was one of the foremost South African progressive intellectuals who worked on themes of macroeconomics, economic history, development and policy-making, as well as academic leadership, sport and social history. The edited volume critically reflects and engages with these themes in relation to the evolution of emancipatory thought, as well as social change and its challenges in a democratic South Africa. The contributors are drawn from a diverse community of progressive scholars - considered among the most eminent in their field - who were associated with Padayachee over a period of 50 years in South Africa and globally. Chapters cover the importance of place in relation to Umkomaas and Durban; transformation in the university and its difficulties; trade unionism and the world of resistance politics; the unfolding of macro-economic policies during South Africa's transition to democracy; and regional and international trends in economic development and policy. The book also attests to Padayachee's enormous contribution to the world of culture, books and sport in tributes that bring the book to a close.
Rezensionen / Stimmen
'At a time when neoliberalism is under scrutiny yet progressive alternatives struggle to take root, the essays in Political Economy and Critical Engagement in South Africa serve as both a tribute and a call to action. They remind us that economic ideas matter, that institutions and intellectual networks must be nurtured and that the project of creating a more just economic order requires both rigorous critique and practical engagement.' -Megan Bryer, Director in the Economic Policy division at the National Treasury of South Africa
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Verlagsort
Scottsville, Kwazulu-Natal
Südafrika
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Höhe: 230 mm
Breite: 150 mm
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ISBN-13
978-1-86914-574-3 (9781869145743)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Rajend Mesthrie is Emeritus Professor and former National Research Foundation Research Chair in Language, Migration & Social Change, based at the University of Cape Town.
Herausgeber*in
Sonstige Urheber
Acknowledgements
Acronyms and Abbreviations
Vishnu Padayachee: Themes and Perspectives
Chapter 1. Reflections on Intellectual Engagement in South Africa
Chapter 2. The Significance of Umkomaas: Place, Time and Community in the Making of an Academic
Chapter 3. Curiosity and Commitment: Vishnu Padayachee, Global Scholarship and Politics in Durban in the 1980s and 1990s
Chapter 4. The Measure of Mistrust: African Artisanal Gold Mining and the Geopolitics of the Barbarous Rel
Chapter 5. National Development and the Enlightenment Gaze: A Joint Project with Vishnu Padayachee
Chapter 6. The Richness of Development Measures in Post-Apartheid South Africa?
Chapter 7. The Political Economy of Nationalism and Populism: South Africa, India and the United States
Chapter 8. The Economics of the Feasible in a Democratic South Africa: Anglo American and Economic Policy
Chapter 9. An Unfinished Research Agenda on the South African Reserve Bank: Linking Academic Scholarship and Monetary Policy
Chapter 10. Heterodox Economics and Macroeconomic Policy-making: A Critical Review of Vishnu Padayachee's Contribution to Fiscal Policy
Chapter 11. South African Capitalism: Conversations with Vishnu Padayachee
Chapter 12. Reflecting on Ideas, History and Institutions in South African Social Policy through the Prism of Vishnu Padayachee's Method
Chapter 13. Locating Vishnu as Engaged Political Economist: A Personal Journey
Chapter 14. Accounting for Some Recent Deaths in South Africa: Zombie Economics Blues
Chapter 15. Regional Integration as an Instrument of Industrialisation: Perspectives from South Africa
Chapter 16. The Engaged Intellectual, the State and Civil Society in the Post-Zuma Era: Lessons from the Eastern Cape
Chapter 17. 'Exodus without a Map', 2: What Happened to the Durban Moment?
Chapter 18. Race and Identity: The Revival of the Natal Indian Congress, 1971-74
Chapter 19. The University of Durban-Westville: Transition to an Open University and Merger with the University of Natal (1990-2003)
Chapter 20. Graduate and Research Outputs and Efficiency in South African Universities
Chapter 21. Books, Bannings and Activism: Excerpts from an Interview with Omar Badsha
Chapter 22. An Intellectual in a Time of Struggle: A Tribute to Vishnu Padayachee
Chapter 23. Vishnu Padayachee: An Economist's Tribute
Chapter 24. The Most Special of Special Assistants: A Tribute to Vishnu Padayachee
Chapter 25. Four Slips and a Gulley: Reflections on Cricket in Vishnu Padayachee's Life
Chapter 26. Vishnu Padayachee at Ike's: A BMW Life (Books, Meanders and Wine)
Notes on Contributors
Index
