Caught in Neutral by Alex Mohubetswane Mashilo

Caught in Neutral by Alex Mohubetswane Mashilo

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Summary

Examines South Africa’s automotive industry and exposes inconsistent industrial policy, showing how policy vacillation has undermined a worker-centred just transition. Mashilo demonstrates that without strategic action, workers and communities will continue to bear the costs of restructuring and decarbonisation.

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Caught in Neutral by Alex Mohubetswane Mashilo

Analysis of South Africa's automotive industry within global production networks, critiquing inconsistent industrial policies and highlighting worker's agency in shaping equitable labor conditions, and a just transition to electric vehicles.
Alex Mohubetswane Mashilo is Visiting Researcher in the Southern Centre for Inequality Studies at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. Imraan Valodia is Professor of Economics, Pro Vice-Chancellor: Climate, Sustainability and Inequality, and Director of the Southern Centre for Inequality Studies at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.
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ISBN 13 9781997461142
ISBN 10 1997461145
Title Caught in Neutral
Author Alex Mohubetswane Mashilo
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Wits University Press
Year published 2026-08-01
Number of pages 244
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