Social justice in South Africa

Jayanathan Govender

doi:10.15448/1984-7289.2016.2.23076

Autores

Jayanathan Govender School of Social Sciences College of Humanities University of KwaZulu-Natal South Africa

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15448/1984-7289.2016.2.23076

Palavras-chave:

Justiça Social. Desigualdade. Desemprego. Desenvolvimento. Política.

Resumo

A África do Sul é o país mais desigual do mundo. A pobreza e a desigualdade, agravadas pelo desemprego, são os desafios mais importante do país. O atual governo tem feito progressos significativos em relação à prestação de serviços básicos e ampliação dos benefícios sociais. No entanto, a triste realidade é que a desigualdade cresceu desde o advento da democracia, mais de vinte anos atrás. Esta evolução é contrária aos compromissos da Constituição Sul-Africana e a provisão de políticas sociais, tornando assim mais graves as questões de direitos e justiça social. A continuidade, profundidade e amplitude da desigualdade, incluindo os custos financeiros e sociais extraordinárias, estão ligados ao legado do apartheid. A desigualdade é estruturalmente condicionada, espacial e economicamente. Fundamentalmente, a desigualdade é resultado do acesso diferencial à oportunidades e produtos do desenvolvimento humano. O artigo apresenta uma discussão teórica sobre a relação entre a desigualdade, a pobreza e o desemprego; identifica também algumas barreiras para mudanças; e apresenta abordagens experimentais de redução da desigualdade.

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Biografia do Autor

Jayanathan Govender, School of Social Sciences College of Humanities University of KwaZulu-Natal South Africa

PhD in Public Administration and Management from the University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa. Senior Lecturer in Industrial, Organizational and Labour Studies, School of Social Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa

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