Overview
- Outlines policy responses to the COVID-19 crisis
- Proposes several interventions to mitigate its effects
- Examines the pandemic closely and does so through a socio-economic lens
Part of the book series: International Political Economy Series (IPES)
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book examines the COVID-19 pandemic through socioeconomic lens that draw on history, approaches to state-market relations, and public policy perspectives In 2020, the world experienced the worst pandemic since the outbreak of the Spanish Flu of 1918, which continues to have far[1]reaching implications for the global economy and triggered macro-economic dislocations that severely affected the most vulnerable countries and segments of society. This book was conceived as a response to the disruptive shifts induced by the pandemic, with a particular focus on South Africa. International experience has shown that countries and societies that have gone through tough economic times, either as a consequence of wars or economic depressions, have responded to crises by enacting unpopular policy measures based on difficult tradeoffs, which often made way for innovation. The authors outline policy responses to the COVID-19 crisis and propose several interventions to mitigate its effects. These include developing innovative approaches to fiscal and monetary policies, labour market policies, industrial policies, as well as social policies. Building state capabilities, improving the governance and performance of state institutions, and managing digital change are some of the clear policy interventions that are laid out in this book.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Mzukisi Qobo is Head of School at the Wits School of Governance, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa. He also serves on President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Economic Advisory Council. His areas of expertise are in Public Policy, International Political Economy, and Geopolitics. He holds a Ph.D. in Politics and International Studies from the University of Warwick.
Mills Soko is Professor of International Business and Strategy at the Wits Business School, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa. He holds a Ph.D. in International Political Economy from the University of Warwick.
Nomfundo Xenia Ngwenya is Visiting Research Fellow at the Wits School of Governance, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa. She is also Managing Director at NXN Analytics. She was previously Chief Director for African Economic Integration and head of BRICS at the National Treasury of South Africa. She holds a Ph.D. in International Studies from the University of Cambridge and M.Sc. in Politics of the World Economy from the London School of Economics.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Future of the South African Political Economy Post-COVID 19
Editors: Mzukisi Qobo, Mills Soko, Nomfundo Xenia Ngwenya
Series Title: International Political Economy Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-10576-0
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-10575-3Published: 01 November 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-10578-4Published: 01 November 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-10576-0Published: 31 October 2022
Series ISSN: 2662-2483
Series E-ISSN: 2662-2491
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXI, 380
Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations, 1 illustrations in colour
Topics: International Relations, International Relations Theory