Industrial Decentralisation and the Dynamics of Forced Labour in South Africa
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4250992 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Timothy Belcher (University of Massachusetts Amherst, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1979 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 677-686 |
| Publication date | 1979-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Modern African Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-278X • E-ISSN: 1469-7777 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0022278x00007503 |
| OpenAlex | W2128521796 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 6 |
In the 1950s the South African Government developed a broad strategy aimed at maintaining the supply of forced labour, namedapartheidor 'separate development'. Much more than a system of segregation, the programme involved moving large numbers of Africans from the urban centres into the underdeveloped Reserves, comprising 14 per cent of the least arable land in South Africa. Industry would then be shifted to the borders of these Bantustans. This last element of the scheme, the policy of industrial decentralisation, has been the main instrument for providing income to Africans in the rural areas. By examining this element in South African state planning, within the context of theapartheidsystem as a whole, I have tried to isolate some of the crucial dynamics of forced labour
Agriculture · Arable land · Context (archaeology) · Decentralization · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Element (criminal law) · Geography · Government (linguistics) · Market economy · Political science · State (computer science) · African history and culture studies · Law · Legal Issues in South Africa · South African History and Culture
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,12 |
| Citation span | 1985 - 2010 (26) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |