Inequality Studies from the Global South

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