Date :

24 May 2010

Guest Speaker :

Minister Ebrahim Patel, Minister of Economic Development

About the book:

In this seminal collection, an interdisciplinary team of distinguished scholars begin to examine exactly how South Africa could go about building a democratic developmental state, while drawing on relevant conceptual models and useful comparative experiences from other countries.

An authoritative and comprehensive volume that illuminates the political economy of economic development, Constructing a democratic developmental state in South Africa is a must read for anyone interested in the political and economic future of South Africa.

About the volume editor:

Dr Omano Edigheji specialises in the political economy of development and is Research Director in the Centre for Africa’s Social Progress at the HSRC.

All welcome, refreshments will be served.

Venue

Johannesburg: Nelson Mandela Foundation, 107 Central Street, Houghton, Johannesburg