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| Title: | Economic Globalisation, Industrial Restructuring and Development in the Eastern Cape Province: An Examination of Selected Issues |
| Authors: | Haines, Richard J. Cunningham, Peter |
| Year: | 2002 |
| Periodical: | Africanus |
| Volume: | 32 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| Pages: | 56-76 |
| Language: | English |
| Geographic term: | South Africa |
| Subjects: | global economy industrial development Economics and Trade international relations Development and Technology |
| Abstract: | This article explores the impact of globalization and industrial restructuring on the Eastern Cape Province (South Africa), and examines selected macro- and micro-level aspects of the reshaping of the work environment in the province. It suggests that the engagement with the forces of globalisation is more complex, uneven and mediated than is often assumed. The first section deals with relevant trends in the region which have not occurred in isolation to developments regionally, nationally and internationally, such as the shift from a manufacturing to a service economy and the application of the World Wide Web. The second section of the article shows that defence offset projects in the Eastern Cape have been largely directed to the Coega Industrial Development Zone project, with little attempt by local and provincial governments to incorporate them in local economic development strategies. It is argued that the industrial participation projects from the large defence procurement package will not benefit the Eastern Cape much in structural terms; indeed, the incentives create further contradictions and undermine local capitalism, as well as alternative and more sustainable macro development options for the province. Bibliogr., notes, ref. |
