Labour relations in transition: The rise of corporatism in South Africa's automobile industry

Journal of Modern African Studies

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 495-518

  Desai, Ashwin ^a   Habib, Adam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

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EID: 0343750094     PISSN: 0022278X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022278X9700253X     Document Type: Article

References (64)

1. Geoff Schreiner, 'Beyond Corporatism - Towards New Forms of Public Policy Formulation in South Africa', in Transformation (Durban), 23, 1994, pp. 1-22, argues that 'the current configuration of structures and forces are not in essence corporatist', while admitting that this 'is a possible outcome of the current situation in South Africa'.
2. Philippe C. Schmitter, 'Still the Century of Corporatism', in The Review of Politics (Notre Dame, IN), 36, 1, January 1974, pp. 85-131.
3. See John Saul, 'South Africa: between barbarism and structural reform', in New Left Review (London), 188, 1991, pp. 3-44; Enoch Godongwana, 'Industrial Restructuring and the Social Contract', in South African Labour Bulletin (Durban), 4, 16, 1992, pp. 21-23; and Glenn Adler and Eddie Webster, 'Challenging Transition Theory: the labour movement, radical reform, and transition to democracy in South Africa', 13th World Congress of the International Sociological Association, Bielefeld, Germany, 18-23 July 1994.
4. See John Saul, 'South Africa: between barbarism and structural reform', in New Left Review (London), 188, 1991, pp. 3-44; Enoch Godongwana, 'Industrial Restructuring and the Social Contract', in South African Labour Bulletin (Durban), 4, 16, 1992, pp. 21-23; and Glenn Adler and Eddie Webster, 'Challenging Transition Theory: the labour movement, radical reform, and transition to democracy in South Africa', 13th World Congress of the International Sociological Association, Bielefeld, Germany, 18-23 July 1994.
5. See John Saul, 'South Africa: between barbarism and structural reform', in New Left Review (London), 188, 1991, pp. 3-44; Enoch Godongwana, 'Industrial Restructuring and the Social Contract', in South African Labour Bulletin (Durban), 4, 16, 1992, pp. 21-23; and Glenn Adler and Eddie Webster, 'Challenging Transition Theory: the labour movement, radical reform, and transition to democracy in South Africa', 13th World Congress of the International Sociological Association, Bielefeld, Germany, 18-23 July 1994.
6. Howard J. Wiarda, 'Corporatism and Development in the Iberic-Latin World: persistent strains and new variations', in The Review of Politics, 36, 1, 1981, p. 52.
7. Ibid. p. 55.
8. Ronald Rogowski and Lois Wasserspring, Does Political Development Exist? Corporatism in Old and New Societies (Beverly Hills, 1971).
9. Alfred C. Stepan, The State and Society: Peru in comparative perspective (Princeton, 1978), p. 54.
10. Ibid. p. 61.
11. Ibid. p. 58.
12. Charles Maier, 'Preconditions for Corporatism', in Jonathan Goldthorpe (ed.), Order and Conflict in Contemporary Capitalism (Oxford, 1984), p. 49. See also, Leo Panitch, Working Class Politics in Crisis: essays on labour and the state (London, 1986).
13. Charles Maier, 'Preconditions for Corporatism', in Jonathan Goldthorpe (ed.), Order and Conflict in Contemporary Capitalism (Oxford, 1984), p. 49. See also, Leo Panitch, Working Class Politics in Crisis: essays on labour and the state (London, 1986).
14. Adam Habib, 'The Transition to Democracy in South Africa: towards a dynamic model', in Transformation, 27, 1995, pp. 16-17.
15. Vishnu Padayachee, 'Debt, Development and Democracy: the IMF in post-apartheid South Africa', in Review of African Political Economy (Abingdon), 21, 62, December 1994, p. 589.
16. Adam Przeworski, Democracy and the Market (Cambridge, 1991), pp. 183-4.
17. See Ashwin Desai and Adam Habib, 'Social Movements in Transitional Societies: a case study of the South African trade unions', in South African Sociological Review (Cape Town), 6, 2, 1994, pp. 75-6.
18. Stephen Gelb (ed.), South Africa's Economic Crisis (Cape Town and London, 1991), pp. 13-19.
19. David Duncan, 'Government Policy and the South African Motor Industry, 1924-1992', in Politikon (Pretoria), 20, 2, 1993, p. 80.
20. Glenn Adler, 'Skills, Control and Careers at Work: possibilities for worker control in the South African motor industry', in South African Sociological Review, 5, 2, 1993, p. 41.
21. Duncan, loc. cit. p. 75.
22. Ibid. p. 81.
23. Adler, loc. cit. p. 41.
24. Anthony Black, 'An Industrial Strategy for the Motor Vehicle Assembly and Component Sectors', Industrial Strategy Project, Cape Town, 1993, p. 73.
25. Motor Industry Task Group (MITG), 'Report and Recommendations: development programme for passenger and light commercial vehicles', South Africa, 1994, p. 29.
26. Ibid. p. 33. See also, Auto Manufacturers' Employers Organisation (Ameo), 'Discussion Document', National Bargaining Forum', Port Elizabeth, 1994, p. 5.
27. Ibid. p. 33. See also, Auto Manufacturers' Employers Organisation (Ameo), 'Discussion Document', National Bargaining Forum', Port Elizabeth, 1994, p. 5.
28. Geoff Schreiner, 'Productivity and the Auto Industry', typescript, 1992, p. 2.
29. Nicoli Nattrass, 'No Co-operation at Toyota', in South African Labour Bulletin, 16, 2, 1991, P. 29.
30. Schreiner, op. cit. p. 5.
31. Adler, loc. cit. p. 51.
32. Ibid. p. 55.
33. Nattrass, op. cit. p. 32.
34. Numsa Shop Stewards Council, 'Toyota South Africa: the workers' voice', in South African Labour Bulletin, 16, 5, 1992, p. 60.
35. Business Day (Johannesburg), 27 March 1992.
36. Judy Mailer, Conflict and Co-operation: case studies in worker participation (Braamfontein, 1992), pp. 128-9.
37. Ibid. p. 123.
38. Ibid. pp. 146-7.
39. Quoted in Karl von Holdt, 'The Mercedes Benz Crisis: a glimpse into our future', in South African Labour Bulletin, 15, 1, 1990, p. 41.
40. Ibid. p. 34.
41. Ibid. p. 25.
42. MITG, op. cit. p. 7.
43. Numsa, 'A Strategy for the Auto Industry', Discussion Document, 1992, p. 37.
44. Sunday Times (Johannesburg), 4 September 1994.
45. Ashwin Desai and Karl von Holdt, 'The Auto Industry Strike: industry restructuring or wage militance?', in South African Labour Bulletin, 16, 5, 1994, p. 74.
46. Interview with Harry Gazemdam, Vice-President of the Auto Manufacturers' Employers Organisation, 23 September 1994.
47. Numsa, 'Levels of Bargaining', Discussion Document, 1994, pp. 2-3.
48. Paul Smith, 'Flexible Production and the Capital/Wage Labour Relations in Manufacturing', in Capital and Class (London), 53, 1994, p. 56.
49. Ameo, Numsa, Yster & Staal, and Verwante Nywerhede-Unie, 'Joint Press Release', 29 June 1995, p. 1.
50. Ibid. p. 2.
51. Ameo, Numsa, and Yster & Staal, and Verwante Nywerhede-Unie, 'Agreement on a New Industrial Relations Dispensation for the Auto Manufacturing Industry, 1 July 1995 to 30 June 1998', p. 27.
52. Interview with Judy Parfitt, 28 March 1995.
53. 'Agreement on a New Industrial Relations Dispensation for the Auto Manufacturing Industry', p. 20.
54. See Gelb (ed.), op. cit., for the application of regulation analysis to the South African economy.
55. Adler and Webster, op. cit.
56. Azghar Adelzadeh and Vishnu Padayachee, 'The RDP White Paper: reconstruction of a development vision', in Transformation, 25, 1994, p. 16.
57. The Natal Mercury (Durban), 7 March 1996.
58. Ashwin Desai and Heinrich Bohmke, 'Everything Keeps Going Wrong...Toyota', in South African Labour Bulletin, 20, 3, 1996, pp. 53-8.
59. See Johann Maree, 'Trade Unions and Corporatism in South Africa', in Transformation, 21, 1993, pp. 24-54.
60. Adler and Webster, op cit. p. 2.
61. Saul, loc. cit. pp. 5-6.
62. Schmitter, loc. cit. p. 96.
63. Desai and Habib, loc. cit. p. 82.
64. Jorge Nef, 'Normalisation, Popular Struggles, and the Receiver State', in J. K. Black (ed.), Latin America: its problems and its promise (Boulder, CO, 1991), predicted that state corporatist arrangements would find favour in the democratic transitions currently underway in that continent.