'Black Economic Empowerment': Business and the State in South Africa

Stefano Ponte*, Simon Roberts, Lance van Sittert

*Corresponding author af dette arbejde

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'Black Economic Empowerment' (BEE) has been a major policy thrust of the democratic governments in South Africa since 1994 in attempting to redress the effects of apartheid. In this article, we explore the historical precedents to BEE in South Africa, review the different steps taken in promoting it, and assess some of its outcomes to date. We argue that BEE can take only limited forms because of the economic policy constraints in which it has been incorporated. Moreover, these forms have an increasingly managerial logic that further restricts what can be achieved. Short of a major shift in conceptions of - and policy for - BEE, meaningful 'empowerment' is unlikely to take place.
OriginalsprogEngelsk
TidsskriftDevelopment and Change
Vol/bind38
Udgave nummer5
Sider (fra-til)933-955
Antal sider23
ISSN0012-155X
DOI
StatusUdgivet - sep. 2007
Udgivet eksterntJa

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