Social forces and the effects of (Post)-Washington consensus policy in Africa: Comparing Tunisia and South Africa

Round Table

Volumn 98, Issue 402, 2009, Pages 301-317

  Hurt, Stephen R ^a   Knio, Karim ^b   Ryner, J Magnus ^a  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cox Harrod framework; Global capitalism; Good governance; Political economy; Poverty; Social forces; South Africa; Tunisia; Washington consensus

Indexed keywords

CAPITALISM; FOREIGN POLICY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; POLICY MAKING; POLITICAL ECONOMY; POVERTY DETERMINANT;

AFRICA; NORTH AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TUNISIA;

EID: 70449514258     PISSN: 00358533     EISSN: 1474029X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00358530902895394     Document Type: Article

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