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Building a bureaucracy for the South African Developmental State : an institutional-policy analysis of the post-apartheid political economy
Dissertation (MA)--University of Pretoria, 2015.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/43909 Building a bureaucracy for the South African Developmental State : an institutional-policy analysis of the post-apartheid political economy Qobo, Mzukisi Mabasa, Khwezi Political Sciences UCTD Dissertation (MA)--University of Pretoria, 2015. This dissertation addresses two central questions: first, does the post-apartheid bureaucracy have the characteristics of a developmental state? Second, which political interests have shaped the character of the post-apartheid bureaucracy? The research questions are addressed by analysing three macroeconomic policies implemented between 1994 and 2009, with a specific focus on ASGISA. Economic policy is essential in this analysis, because it describes the relationship between the state and markets. This investigation is guided by the following key variables: nature of developmental institutions; state-society relations; and economic intervention. The study argued that the post-apartheid government has failed to develop the bureaucratic features of a developmental state. It points out that the state’s bureaucracy has not had the policy synergy, coordination and institutional efficiency found in developmental states. Another crucial argument advanced in this study is the inability of the bureaucracy to create productive state and society relations. The study argues that this lack of social capital can be attributed to the following factors: lack of autonomy, acrimonious relations between key economic actors, political contestation, and marginalization of citizens. Moreover, the dissertation illustrates that the bureaucratic interventions in the economy have not been sufficient for building a developmental state. The post-apartheid government has largely neglected microeconomic policy development. It has over-emphasized liberal macroeconomic policy, whilst paying minimal attention to implementing an effective industrial strategy. Furthermore, the state has not provided sufficient leadership in the economy. It has not succeeded in guiding or coordinating economic activities towards the goals of industrialization, economic restructuring and increasing the levels of human development. This is related to the last shortfall of the bureaucracy: the inability of the state to use state ownership and regulation effectively. The study points out that the lack of policy clarity on state ownership and regulation has hampered efforts to coordinate socioeconomic development. Political Sciences MA Unrestricted 2015-03-10T06:59:23Z 2015-03-10T06:59:23Z 2015-04-24 2015 Dissertation Mabasa, K 2015, Building a bureaucracy for the South African Developmental State : an institutional-policy analysis of the post-apartheid political economy, MA Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/43909> A2015 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/43909 en © 2015, University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | Political Sciences UCTD Building a bureaucracy for the South African Developmental State : an institutional-policy analysis of the post-apartheid political economy |
| title | Building a bureaucracy for the South African Developmental
State : an institutional-policy analysis of the post-apartheid political
economy |
| title_full | Building a bureaucracy for the South African Developmental
State : an institutional-policy analysis of the post-apartheid political
economy |
| title_fullStr | Building a bureaucracy for the South African Developmental
State : an institutional-policy analysis of the post-apartheid political
economy |
| title_full_unstemmed | Building a bureaucracy for the South African Developmental
State : an institutional-policy analysis of the post-apartheid political
economy |
| title_short | Building a bureaucracy for the South African Developmental
State : an institutional-policy analysis of the post-apartheid political
economy |
| title_sort | building a bureaucracy for the south african developmental state an institutional policy analysis of the post apartheid political economy |
| topic | Political Sciences UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/43909 |