Contemporary South Africa and the Political Economy of Regional Development

Methembe Mdlalose, Isaac Khambule, Nene Ernest Khalema

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English

Routledge
21 February 2025

Regional studies; Development studies; Political economy; Regional & area planning; Civil engineering, surveying & building

Series: Regions and Cities

South Africa’s struggle in balancing its domestic needs while playing a dynamic developmental role in the African region and global context exposes a complex web of relations shaped by its geostrategic location on the continent, and the world, and the staggering legacies of colonialism and apartheid. As such, understanding the complexities of the global economy and of South Africa's place in it, is of great importance. This book builds upon an existing body of literature which has demonstrated that while the post-apartheid South African state has recast its nation building goals - with advances having been made notably in the area of a stellar post-apartheid constitution, policy directives, and democratic political integration - economic integration and policy implementation presents a projection of captured interests, where big business concerns are entrenched in the post-apartheid state’s apparent neo-liberal turn.

The main focus of the book is to contextualise issues relating to three main trends in global discourses on development, which are significant for South Africa, and indeed, for the study of the political economy of regional development in the country from the prism of South Africa as a global capitalist state. These trends include the impact of globalisation, regionalisation, and the marginalisation of South Africa and indeed the African continent in the global economy, thus unpacking the possible role that South Africa might play in regional development.

This volume will be a valuable resource to academics, researchers and students in the fields of regional studies, economics and political theory as well as policymakers, planners and local economic development practitioners.

Edited by: Methembe Mdlalose, Isaac Khambule, Nene Ernest Khalema
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 660g
ISBN: 9781032502991
ISBN 10: 1032502991
Series: Regions and Cities
Pages: 244
Publication Date: 21 February 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Methembe Ziphozonke Mdlalose is a Senior Lecturer in Development Studies at the University of KwaZulu‑Natal. His academic focus centres on the political and economic dimensions of development and governance in South Africa. Methembe’s research is characterised by an interdisciplinary approach that seeks to enhance understanding of how political and socio‑economic factors shape development processes. Methembe has published several articles in accredited academic journals and contributed to book chapters. Isaac Khambule is a Professor of Political Economy and the Director of the Africa Centre for Evidence at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa. He was previously an Associate Professor of Political Economy at the Wits School of Governance, University of the Witwatersrand, where he taught Decision‑Making in Public Institutions and was the Academic Head of the Executive Education Unit. Isaac’s research interest is on the relationship among the State, Institutions and Development, with a particular focus on the role of the state in economic development and the entrepreneurial state. Nene Ernest Khalema (PhD) is the Dean and Head of School of Built Environment and Development Studies at the University of KwaZulu‑Natal in South Africa. Before joining the University of KwaZulu‑Natal, he was a professor and lecturer in various Canadian universities since 2001 and served as chief/senior research specialist of the Human Sciences Research Council (2011–16) where his seminal work on participatory action mixed methodologies, migration and mobilities, demography of vulnerable populations and social epidemiology received (inter)national recognition. A critical sociologist, Dr Khalema has co‑edited a number of books including the recent: Decolonizing African Studies Pedagogies: Knowledge Production, Epistemic Imperialism, and Black Agency (2023, Palgrave McMillan) and The Oxford Handbook of the Sociology of Africa (2023, Oxford University Press). He has published over 40 articles in accredited academic journals, 30 refereed book chapters and 40 technical research reports and policy/research briefs, and presented 75 papers and 25 academic posters in local, national and international conferences.