Inclusive dualism : labour-intensive development, decent work, and surplus labour in Southern Africa / Nicoli Nattrass and Jeremy Seekings.
W. Arthur Lewis, the founding father of development economics, proposed a dualist model of economic development in which 'surplus' (predominantly under-employed) labour shifted from lower to higher productivity work. In practice, historically, this meant that labour was initially drawn out...
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| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
2019.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Series: | Critical frontiers of theory, research, and policy in international development studies.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Dualism and development
- Labour productivity and employment in surplus labour countries
- Trajectories of development and the global clothing industry
- The moral economy of low-wage work
- Decent work fundamentalism and job destruction in the South African clothing manufacturing industry
- The political economy of upgrading: trade union strategy and industrial policy in South Africa
- Conclusion: dualism, unemployment, and the perils of decent work fundamentalism.