"State of the Art" or Dismal Science? The Economic Debate in South Africa since 1994

Autor/in	Fryer, David
Titel	"State of the Art" or Dismal Science? The Economic Debate in South Africa since 1994
Quelle	In: Arts and Humanities in Higher Education: An International Journal of Theory, Research and Practice, 15 (2016) 1, S.122-139 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1474-0222
DOI	10.1177/1474022215613599
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Debate; Dissent; Political Attitudes; Political Influences; Neoliberalism; Economic Change; Economic Development; Economic Impact; Macroeconomics; Public Policy; Social Change; South Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Debating; Streitgespräch; Dissens; Political attitude; Politische Einstellung; Political influence; Politischer Einfluss; Neo-liberalism; Neoliberalismus; Ökonomischer Wandel; Wirtschaftsentwicklung; Ökonomische Determinanten; Makroökonomie; Öffentliche Ordnung; Sozialer Wandel; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik
Abstract	Both the loss of prestige caused to mainstream economics by the global financial crisis and the resurgence of heterodox economics have proved to be superficial. "Where it counts" (in the teaching of economics, in the most important policy circles, and in the most prestigious journals) neoliberal economics has proven resilient to dissent. Political dissent at South Africa's self-imposed structural adjustment programme peaked in 2007 at the ANC's elective conference and has subsequently lost impetus. Heterodox economics, although providing a more compelling account of the post-apartheid period, has for the most part been unable to penetrate the neoliberal bubble. This state of affairs is partly due to power relations, but it is also a function of the kind of economics that is regarded in the profession as "state of the art". (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01