New South African Review 2―New Paths, Old Compromises?

The second volume of the New South African Review (NSAR) continues a tradition of debate and critical, analytical scholarship about contemporary South Africa. Drawing on authors from academia and beyond, it aims to be informative, discursive, and provocative. In this volume, the New Growth Path (NGP) adopted by the South African government in 2010 provides the basis for discussion about low economic growth and high unemployment, emerging worker co-operatives, rising inequality, proposals for "greening the economy," and the creation of "green jobs," biofuels, and more. Asking whether the NGP reflects a set of new policies or an attempt to re-dress old compromises in new clothes, this volume brings together different voices in debate about possibilities for alternatives to neo-liberal and capitalist development in South Africa.