An historical political economy analysis of high-emissions low-employment development in South Africa
| dc.contributor.advisor | Winkler, Harald | |
| dc.contributor.advisor | Marquard Andrew | |
| dc.contributor.author | Van, Doesburgh Nicholas | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-07-30T09:29:20Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-07-30T09:29:20Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2023 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2023-07-30T09:27:27Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | South Africa is grappling with persistently high levels of poverty, inequality and unemployment, while at the same time being one of the top twenty greenhouse gas emitters in the world. While calls have been made for South Africa to embark on a just transition to a lowcarbon society, a better understanding is needed of the factors that have led to the country's current unsustainability. Drawing on the concept of the minerals-energy complex, this thesis presents an historical political economy analysis of South Africa's industrialisation process in order to (1) identify the key factors that have contributed to the country's high emissions and low employment; and (2) to determine the role of industrial policy in shaping this unsustainable development pathway. The analysis shows that the capital- and energy-intensive characteristics of South Africa's industrial structure have contributed to the country's high unemployment and high emissions. While industrial policy has been instrumental in shaping this industrial structure, its role in the post-apartheid era has been complicated by the existence of a ‘hidden' industrial policy in conflict with official objectives as well as implementation challenges which together have constrained the effectiveness of policies aimed at inclusive decarbonisation. From these results, it is argued that the adoption of an integrated green industrial policy has an important role to play in enabling South Africa to embark on a just transition to an inclusive low-carbon society. | |
| dc.identifier.apacitation | Van, D. N. (2023). <i>An historical political economy analysis of high-emissions low-employment development in South Africa</i>. (). ,Faculty of Science ,African Climate and Development Initiative. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/38197 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.chicagocitation | Van, Doesburgh Nicholas. <i>"An historical political economy analysis of high-emissions low-employment development in South Africa."</i> ., ,Faculty of Science ,African Climate and Development Initiative, 2023. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/38197 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Van, D.N. 2023. An historical political economy analysis of high-emissions low-employment development in South Africa. . ,Faculty of Science ,African Climate and Development Initiative. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/38197 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.ris | TY - Master Thesis AU - Van, Doesburgh Nicholas AB - South Africa is grappling with persistently high levels of poverty, inequality and unemployment, while at the same time being one of the top twenty greenhouse gas emitters in the world. While calls have been made for South Africa to embark on a just transition to a lowcarbon society, a better understanding is needed of the factors that have led to the country's current unsustainability. Drawing on the concept of the minerals-energy complex, this thesis presents an historical political economy analysis of South Africa's industrialisation process in order to (1) identify the key factors that have contributed to the country's high emissions and low employment; and (2) to determine the role of industrial policy in shaping this unsustainable development pathway. The analysis shows that the capital- and energy-intensive characteristics of South Africa's industrial structure have contributed to the country's high unemployment and high emissions. While industrial policy has been instrumental in shaping this industrial structure, its role in the post-apartheid era has been complicated by the existence of a ‘hidden' industrial policy in conflict with official objectives as well as implementation challenges which together have constrained the effectiveness of policies aimed at inclusive decarbonisation. From these results, it is argued that the adoption of an integrated green industrial policy has an important role to play in enabling South Africa to embark on a just transition to an inclusive low-carbon society. DA - 2023_ DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town KW - Climate Change and Sustainable Development LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PY - 2023 T1 - An historical political economy analysis of high-emissions low-employment development in South Africa TI - An historical political economy analysis of high-emissions low-employment development in South Africa UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/38197 ER - | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/38197 | |
| dc.identifier.vancouvercitation | Van DN. An historical political economy analysis of high-emissions low-employment development in South Africa. []. ,Faculty of Science ,African Climate and Development Initiative, 2023 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/38197 | en_ZA |
| dc.language.rfc3066 | eng | |
| dc.publisher.department | African Climate and Development Initiative | |
| dc.publisher.faculty | Faculty of Science | |
| dc.subject | Climate Change and Sustainable Development | |
| dc.title | An historical political economy analysis of high-emissions low-employment development in South Africa | |
| dc.type | Master Thesis | |
| dc.type.qualificationlevel | Masters | |
| dc.type.qualificationlevel | MPhil |