Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Table of contents iii
3. List of figures and tables v
4. Abbreviations and acronyms vii
5. Acknowledgements viii
6. Foreword ix
7. Introduction: A South African accounting of poverty and inequality xi
8. 1 An ethico-political approach to poverty and inequality: Embodying care and corporeal citizenship 1
9. Part 1: Politics, ethics and the state
10. 2 Reconsidering South Africa’s electoral system: What are the alternatives? 29
11. 3 Thinking ethically about women, power and land in South Africa 54
12. 4 Presidential leadership and accountability, from Mandela to Ramaphosa 77
13. Part 2: The South African political economy
14. 5 A normative approach to the minimum core: Minimum requirements for a life of dignity 101
15. 6 Diminishing the power of the X? The electoral effect of corruption perceptions 133
16. 7 An empirical assessment of the national minimum wage in South Africa 154
17. 8 Taxation, inequality and a progressive economy 173
18. Part 3: South African society
19. 9 South African food politics: Human rights, security and sovereignty 195
20. 10 The right to education in South Africa: Policy tensions and the quest for balance 220
21. 11 Access to healthcare: Life Esidimeni and the vulnerability of the mentally ill 239
22. Part 4: Wellbeing and identity
23. 12 The pursuit of inclusive health services: Inequalities and intersectionality 261
24. 13 Anti-immigrant violence as social group control vigilantism? Understanding attitudes, behaviours and solutions 285
25. Part 5: Culture
26. 14 Cultures of sexualities and gender in Afrika’s changing nation 305
27. 15 Through the lens of post-apartheid filmmaking: Spaces of poverty and social inequality in Yesterday, Jerusalema and District 9 316
28. 16 Diarised precarity and the crisis of informal settlements 337
29. Part 6: South Africa and the world
30. 17 South Africa and the global economy 355
31. 18 A foreign policy of ubuntu? South African foreign policy values and priorities 370
32. 19 Is pan-Africanism the future? 401
33. About the authors 420
34. Index 423