An Economic Model of the Apartheid State
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13028248 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Anton D Lowenberg (Wittenberg University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 146-169 |
| Publication date | 2014-07-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Economic History of Developing Regions (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2078-0389 • E-ISSN: 2078-0397 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/20780389.2014.955270 |
| OpenAlex | W1988676637 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 36 |
Rather than a rigid racial ideology, it is argued that South African apartheid was a pragmatic response of a white oligarchy to changing economic and political constraints. Consequently, the degree to which apartheid principles were applied and enforced by the South African state varied over time. A public choice model is developed to explain apartheid as endogenous policy, the parameters of which are determined by political support-maximizing politicians. The model suggests that the enforcement of apartheid was responsive to changes in such exogenous variables as defence costs, the gold price and the reservation wage of black unskilled labour. Predictions of the model hold implications for the causes of the democratic transition of the 1990s, including the role played by international sanctions
Political science · State (computer science · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Mathematics
The South African economy
Native labour in South Africa
The Welfare Costs of Tariffs, Monopolies, and Theft
An economic theory of democracy
The Oxford history of South Africa
The Rise and Decline of Nations
The South African Economy, 1910–90
Immigration and Inequality
The decline of discrimination against colored people in South Africa, 1970 to 1980
Capitalism and apartheid
The Origins and Demise of South African Apartheid
The Economics of the Colour Bar
Economic Sanctions against South Africa
Divestment, investment sanctions, and disinvestment
Costs of Enforcing Apartheid and Problems of Change
The Emergence and Decline of a South African Peasantry
The South African Economy
Legislation, ideology and economy in post-1948 South Africa
The Industrial Colour Bar in South Africa
Apartheid in Theory and Practice
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |