A bourgeois reform with social justice? The contradictions of the Minerals Development Bill and black economic empowerment in the South African platinum mining industry

Review of African Political Economy

Volumn 39, Issue 132, 2012, Pages 315-333

  Capps, Gavin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

African National Congress; black economic empowerment; mineral rights; nationalisation; platinum industry; resources policy; Ricardian reform

Indexed keywords

CAPITALISM; ECONOMIC REFORM; INDUSTRIAL POLICY; INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE; MINERAL RESOURCE; MINING INDUSTRY; NEOLIBERALISM; PLATINUM; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84863601378     PISSN: 03056244     EISSN: 17401720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03056244.2012.688801     Document Type: Article

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