Unsustainable South Africa

UNSUSTAINABLE SOUTH AFRICA
Environment, Development and Social Protest

Patrick Bond

Bond and his co-authors have researched and campaigned on behalf of social and environmental justice for years: offering alternatives to a huge minerals smelter at Nelson Mandela Metropole, opposing the Lesotho mega-dams, helping township activists end electricity/water disconnections and advocating free lifeline services.
The hope lies with grassroots protest movements rising everywhere: against globalisation, privatisation, unemployment, poverty, the denial of healthcare and social services, and ecological degradation. In South Africa, what de-commodifying alternatives do they present?

Contents: Preface - Introduction: 'A World in One Country'
PART ONE : AN UNSUSTAINABLE LEGACY - Chapter One - The Environment of Apartheid-Capitalism: Discourses and Issues
PART TWO : UNSUSTAINABLE PROJECTS - Chapter Two - The Development of Underdevelopment in Nelson Mandela Metropole: Coega's Economic, Social and Environmental Subsidies - Chapter Three - Lesotho's Water, Johannesburg's Thirst: Communities, Consumers and Mega-Dams
PART THREE : UNSUSTAINABLE POLICIES - Chapter Four - Eco-Social Injustice for Working-Class Communities: The Making and Unmaking of Neoliberal Infrastructure Policy - Chapter Five - Droughts and Floods: Water Prices and Values in the Time of Cholera - Chapter Six - Power to the Powerful: Energy, Electricity, Equity and Environment PART FOUR : ENVIRONMENT, DEVELOPMENT AND SOCIAL PROTEST - Chapter Seven - Conclusion: Environmentalism, the WSSD and Uneven Political Development - Refs - Index