§16§This book explains the making of the South African state and thereby contributes to the development theory by analyzing the concept of the embedded neoliberal state. The author offers a theoretical exploration of state formation as an inherently interconnected international and domestic social process as applied to the history and development of South Africa. A genuine social science that eschews disciplinary boundaries, this will appeal to a wide audience of scholars in the fields of political development, political science, African and development studies. §04§§1. Introduction: There Is No Alternative: Globalization and Post-Apartheid South Africa.- 2. No Island Unto Itself: Spatial Performativity and Production of the State.- 3. The Meaning of Belonging: Race and the Making of South Africa.- 4. The Politics of Discontent and the Early State: On the Origins and Death of Apartheid.- 5. A State in Transition: The Negotiated Birth of the Post-Apartheid State.- 6. On the State of Belonging: What a Theory of Space Tells Us About Neoliberalism and Apartheid in Contemporary South Africa.§ §02§Derick A. Becker is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Nottingham, Malaysia.
