The 'Developmental' and 'Welfare' State in South Africa: Lessons for the Southern African Region
| dc.contributor.author | Seekings, Jeremy | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-04-25T09:55:26Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-04-25T09:55:26Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2015 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2016-04-25T07:50:27Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | Enthusiasm for the idea of a 'developmental state' emerged in South Africa in the early 1990s, re-surfaced in the mid-2000s, and re-emerged yet again after 2007. The idea appealed to the statist instincts of many ANC leaders, and got momentum because of the perceived importance of shifting the economy onto a more inclusive and faster growth path. After twenty years of ANC government, however, growth remained sluggish and non-inclusive. The standard explanations are insufficient: Neither politics within the ANC nor international agreements nor state incapacity prevented the state developing interventionist industrial policies in some sectors. We offer a fourth part of the story: The preferred mix of policies associated with the developmental state in practice was inappropriate for the South African context. By encouraging capital- and skill-intensification, public policies retarded growth and inclusivity, and reproduced rather than reduced poverty and inequality. The South African state has, however, redistributed through cash transfers very efficiently. Pro-poor outcomes are more likely if the state builds on the strengths of its welfare state and avoids heavy investments in capital- and skill-intensive industry that are favoured by the would-be developmental state. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.apacitation | Seekings, J. (2015). <i>The 'Developmental' and 'Welfare' State in South Africa: Lessons for the Southern African Region</i> University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Centre for Social Science Research(CSSR). Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19178 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.chicagocitation | Seekings, Jeremy <i>The 'Developmental' and 'Welfare' State in South Africa: Lessons for the Southern African Region.</i> University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Centre for Social Science Research(CSSR), 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19178 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Seekings, J. (2015). The 'Developmental' and 'Welfare' State in South Africa: Lessons for the Southern African Region. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.ris | TY - Working Paper AU - Seekings, Jeremy AB - Enthusiasm for the idea of a 'developmental state' emerged in South Africa in the early 1990s, re-surfaced in the mid-2000s, and re-emerged yet again after 2007. The idea appealed to the statist instincts of many ANC leaders, and got momentum because of the perceived importance of shifting the economy onto a more inclusive and faster growth path. After twenty years of ANC government, however, growth remained sluggish and non-inclusive. The standard explanations are insufficient: Neither politics within the ANC nor international agreements nor state incapacity prevented the state developing interventionist industrial policies in some sectors. We offer a fourth part of the story: The preferred mix of policies associated with the developmental state in practice was inappropriate for the South African context. By encouraging capital- and skill-intensification, public policies retarded growth and inclusivity, and reproduced rather than reduced poverty and inequality. The South African state has, however, redistributed through cash transfers very efficiently. Pro-poor outcomes are more likely if the state builds on the strengths of its welfare state and avoids heavy investments in capital- and skill-intensive industry that are favoured by the would-be developmental state. DA - 2015 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2015 T1 - The 'Developmental' and 'Welfare' State in South Africa: Lessons for the Southern African Region TI - The 'Developmental' and 'Welfare' State in South Africa: Lessons for the Southern African Region UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19178 ER - | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19178 | |
| dc.identifier.vancouvercitation | Seekings J. The 'Developmental' and 'Welfare' State in South Africa: Lessons for the Southern African Region. 2015 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19178 | en_ZA |
| dc.language | eng | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.department | Centre for Social Science Research(CSSR) | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.faculty | Faculty of Humanities | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.institution | University of Cape Town | |
| dc.rights | Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) | * |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | en_ZA |
| dc.title | The 'Developmental' and 'Welfare' State in South Africa: Lessons for the Southern African Region | en_ZA |
| dc.type | Working Paper | en_ZA |
| uct.type.filetype | Text | |
| uct.type.filetype | Image | |
| uct.type.publication | Research | en_ZA |
| uct.type.resource | Research paper | en_ZA |