Cover
Endorsement Page
Half Title
Series Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
List of Contributors
Preface
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations and acronyms
Part 1 Conceptual questions on inequality in the South
1 Towards a Southern approach to inequality: Inequality studies in South Africa and the global South
Introduction
Understanding inequality studies – The status quo
Lessons from inequality studies in South Africa for the global South
Towards a Southern approach
Conclusion
Notes
References
2 Is hierarchy the same as inequality?
Hierarchy and relationships
Ambition
Spirituality, hierarchy and being with/through others
Acknowledgements
References
3 Inequality under globalisation: State of knowledge and implications for economics
Note
References
Part 2 The political economy of inequality in the global South
4 A survey of trends in macroeconomic policy and development in the global South: From World War II to the global financial crisis and beyond
Introduction
Three distinct periods
Changing ideological paradigms of development
Vignettes of country case studies
Inequality
Summary and conclusion
Notes
References
5 Economic power and regulation: The political economy of metals, machinery and equipment industries in South Africa
Introduction
Political economy frameworks and economic power
The metal, machinery and equipment industries as a case study
Industrial development and power relations in the MME industries: local and international dynamics relating to industrial policy
Power dynamics and rent capture in the MME industries
Conclusion
Notes
References
6 Inegalitarian growth: India and Brazil compared
Premises for a comparison
Aggregate trends
Growth regimes: an historical perspective
The growth regimes since 2014
Summing up
Notes
References
Part 3 Work, households and the labour market
7 The crisis of social reproduction in petty commodity production and large-scale mining: A Southern perspective on gender inequality
Introduction
The intersection of production and reproduction
The state and mediation of the mining regime
The zama zama case
The galamsey case
Crises of social reproduction and petty capitalism: LSMs fill the policy gap
Conclusions: whither the state?
Notes
References
8 Vocational education and inequalities in transitions from education to work in three African countries
Introduction
The development of TVET systems historically
Vocational education, education systems and labour markets in Ethiopia, Ghana and South Africa
Functional and less functional relationships
Acknowledgements
Notes
References
Part 4 Land, space and cities
9 Investigating infrastructures of urban inequality
Introduction
Four thinking tools
Conclusion
Notes
References
10 Social reproduction at end moments: Land, class formation and rural economies in Ghana and South Africa
Inequality beyond incomes: class formation and social reproduction in rural Ghana and South Africa
Economic restructuring: precarious employment and insecure rural incomes
Kinship and Income Redistribution Networks
Social reproduction and emerging gender orders
Parallels and variations in daily and intergenerational labour reproduction
Acknowledgements
Notes
References
Part 5 Alternatives
11 Minimum wages: Tackling labour market inequality
Introduction
The re-emergence of minimum wages in social and economic policy
Politics, policy and process: a national minimum wage for South Africa
Conclusion
Notes
References
12 Building counter power in the workplace: South Africa’s inequality paradox
Introduction
Part one
Part two
Conclusion
Notes
References
13 Global inequality and human rights
Introduction
Human rights as an alternative
The role of financial markets
Global governance
Conclusion
Notes
References
14 Conclusion
Overview
A Southern approach: developing a research agenda
Concluding thoughts
References
Index