Economic policy in the post-colony: South Africa between Keynesian remedies and neoliberal pain

New Political Economy

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 57-78

  Koelble, Thomas A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC POLICY; KEYNESIAN THEORY; NEOLIBERALISM; POLICY ANALYSIS; POST-COLONIALISM;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 1942499041     PISSN: 13563467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1356346042000190385     Document Type: Article

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