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Poverty, grants, revolution and 'real Utopias': society must be defended by any and all means necessary!

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The South African social security system is globally lauded for pioneering new conceptions of society and social assistance, and is celebrated as offering the world an alternative to mainstream social policy. What then accounts for better outcomes in poverty and inequality reduction in countries with similar social security systems? The paper locates the 'diminishing progressivity' of the South African system in the interlocking dynamics of structural violence, structural exclusion, racialised nationalism, financialisation and the subversion of democracy. The massive rebellion in the streets against the rule of rich and property is a reflection of the poor losing hope and patience.

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  • Firoz Khan, 2013. "Poverty, grants, revolution and 'real Utopias': society must be defended by any and all means necessary!," Review of African Political Economy, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 40(138), pages 572-588, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:revape:v:40:y:2013:i:138:p:572-588
    DOI: 10.1080/03056244.2013.854035
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    1. Hajdu, Flora & Granlund, Stefan & Neves, David & Hochfeld, Tessa & Amuakwa-Mensah, Franklin & Sandström, Emil, 2020. "Cash transfers for sustainable rural livelihoods? Examining the long-term productive effects of the Child Support Grant in South Africa," World Development Perspectives, Elsevier, vol. 19(C).
    2. Matt Johnston & Dan Darkey & Hilde Ibsen, 2023. "Environmental Justice And Dissent For Postcolonial Urban Sustainability Transitions," International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 47(4), pages 645-664, July.

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