Business, Government and Economic Policymaking in the New South Africa, 1990-2000

bibliographic database
Line

Periodical article

Title:	Business, Government and Economic Policymaking in the New South Africa, 1990-2000
Author:	Handley, Antoinette
Year:	2005
Periodical:	Journal of Modern African Studies
Volume:	43
Issue:	2
Period:	June
Pages:	211-239
Language:	English
Geographic term:	South Africa
Subjects:	economic policy interest groups business Development and Technology Economics and Trade Politics and Government History and Exploration
External link:	https://www.jstor.org/stable/3876205
Abstract:	The stated economic policy of the African National Congress (ANC) underwent a dramatic shift in the 1990s, away from a soft-left redistributionist position to one much more closely aligned with the policy preferences of the South African business community. To what extent can this shift be attributed to lobbying efforts by that community? The article reviews the development of economic policy by the ANC in the 1990s, and concludes that while business was undoubtedly influential in this process, much of that influence was indirect and derived from two sets of sources: first, the international policy consensus around the neoliberal reform agenda; and second, indirect signals from 'the market' by means of such mechanisms as movements in the value of the currency, and investor and business confidence. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract]