Jeremy Seekings and Nicoli Nattrass (2006) Class, Race, And Inequality in South Africa (Book Review‪)‬

Jeremy seekings and Nicoli Nattrass (2006) Class, Race, and Inequality in South Africa. Durban: UKZN Press Originally published in 2005 by Yale University Press, Class, Race, and Inequality in South Africa presents a compelling analysis of the trends, patterns, and determinants of income distribution in South Africa over a period spanning approximately seven decades. In so doing, the authors draw together an impressive array of empirical research, including their own scholarship in this area. The result of these efforts is a significant work of synthesis that charts the continuities and turning points in the history of economic inequality in South Africa before, during, and after apartheid. This volume will certainly become a much-referenced sourcebook for future scholarly research in the field. The book's primary contribution is empirical, assembling data analysis, survey-based evidence, and case studies to explain where South Africa has been and where it may be heading in the future. In this respect, Seekings and Nattrass have produced a study that is, in several respects, unprecedented. However, the volume's contributions to policy debates and to the theory of race, class, and income distribution are more uneven.