Understanding the ANC today series – serie

This title begins from the standpoint that new thinking is needed if South Africa is to generate sustainable economic growth, provide employment and decent work and promote rural development. As comparisons with other developing economies, particularly South Korea and Brazil, show, it is possible for the so-called developmental state to direct and plan economic activity and achieve developmental objectives. At the same time the title warns about the perverse impacts of black economic empowerment, particularly the growth of a rentier class of well-connected entrepreneurs.

Providing a selection of important documents and extracts that have influenced the political and policy thinking of the African National Congress (ANC) during the course of its history—from its founding in 1912 to the Polokwane national conference in 2007—this book fully covers the history and policies of one of the world's most historically important political parties. Fantastically detailed and comprehensive, these texts constitute the foundation of present thought and political culture in the ANC.