State of the Nation - South Africa 2008 (Paperback)

Politics: The Polokwane moment and South Africa's democracy at the crossroads; modernising the African National Congress: the legacy of president Thabo Mbeki; the state of the Pan-Africanist Congress in a democratic South Africa; black consciousness in contemporary South African politics. Economics: The developmental state in south africa: the difficult road ahead; globalisation and transformation of the South African merchant navy: a case of flag of (in)convenience shipping?; service delivery as a measure of change: state capacity and development; the state of our environment: safeguarding the foundation for development; society: beyond yard socialism: landlords, tenants and social power in the backyards of a South African city; internationalisation and competitiveness in South African urban governance: on the contradictions of aspirationist urban policy-making. South Africa, Africa and the globe; South Africa and the Great Lakes: a complex diplomacy che ajulu; cry sovereignty: South Africa in the un security council one year on; praetorian solidarity: the state of military relations between South Africa and Zimbabwe.