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International newspapers and periodicals (multi-title compilations)

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Kind newspapers periodicals
Producer Various foreign press
Coverage 1902-2012
Works using it 19

Debates

Debate Works
Sanctions, disinvestment and the anti-apartheid movement 12
The mine migrant labour system: origins, recruitment, foreign labour and stabilisation 4
Finance, capital flight, the 1985 debt crisis and banking 3
Liberal vs revisionist: was apartheid functional or dysfunctional for capitalist growth? 3
Cheap labour thesis and the function of the reserves 2
Did the apartheid economy fail? Growth, productivity, investment and the post-1970s crisis 2
Why apartheid ended: reform, transition and elite bargaining 2
Post-apartheid economic policy, governance and corruption 2
The state and capital: instrumentalism, autonomy and fractions of capital 2
Pre-Union colonial economy, the mineral revolution and the South African War 1
Education, Bantu Education and skills 1
Resistance and liberation movements 1
Black trade unions: growth, wage effects, Wiehahn and strategy 1

Works using this source

Work As cited Period How used
Bond (2004) Washington Post, 6 November 2001 (Jeter); New York Times, 29 May 2003 (Thomson); Sunday Independent 18 Feb 2001; Business Day 12 April 2002 2001-2003 Provides case accounts of electricity and water disconnections, prepaid meters and resistance, and of payment levels returning to pre-deal levels.
Cobbe (1986) Press reports: Lesotho Weekly, Financial Mail, Africa News, Boston Globe, The Economist, The Comet (1983-85) 1983-1985 Document the chronology of South African pressure on Lesotho (border restrictions, Maseru raid, ANC refugee issue, Vaal Reefs dismissals).
Coulibaly (2005) Newspaper and periodical reports (New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, The Economist, Financial Times, Journal of Commerce) 1984-1990 Anecdotal evidence on state disinvestment, bank withdrawals, Trust Bank forgone-investment estimate, debt standstill, and the ineffectiveness of trade sanctions.
Gould (1981) Newspaper and periodical reporting (N.Y. Times, Financial Times, Rand Daily Mail, The Times, Johannesburg Star, Business Week) 1976-1980 Evidence for strikes, bannings, Fund Raising Act use, funding, parallel unions, and company behaviour.
Harris (1986) Financial Times (London), Guardian (London), Sunday Times, Daily Telegraph, London Standard July 1985-March 1986 Source for the debt-negotiation chronology, the terms of the Leutwiler plan, bankers' statements (Barclays), the Frost Sullivan risk downgrade, and the Reserve Bank governor's remarks.
Holland (1988) Africa News (Durham, N.C.), 8 December 1986; South (London), May 1987; Africa Research Bulletin, March and November 1986/87 1986-1987 Evidence on the decline in Beira corridor traffic, Zimbabwe's export routing, transport cost savings, Zambia's copper rerouting and donor contributions to Beira.
III et al. (1995b) Press and annual-report search for boycott endings and corporate behavior changes (Table 5: WSJ, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, American Banker, Black Enterprise, Automotive News, Platt's Oilgram, company annual reports) c.1969-1991 Used to identify boycott endings and announced behavior changes after boycotts (20 of 59) and divestitures (4 of 35).
III et al. (1995b) Press announcements of boycotts and divestitures in Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, St. Louis Dispatch, 1969-1991 1969-1991 Source of the event sample (59 listed boycott, 8 OTC boycott, 35 divestiture announcements) and of event dates (Day 0).
Inman and Rubinfeld (2013) Press reports (New York Times 2009 and 2012, Financial Times 2007 and 2011, The Economist 2011, New Yorker 2010) 2007-2012 Used to document service-delivery protests, ANC internal pressure for redistribution, and nationalization debates.
John (2000) British and South African newspapers (The Times, Financial Times, Financial Mail, The Guardian, The Citizen, Rand Daily Mail, Cape Herald, Business Day, Morning Star, Daily News, Daily Telegraph, Wall St Journal) 1973-1987 Dates events, reports votes and losses, and records the reaction of financial commentators and bankers.
Johnson (1982) Other press items: Economist 6/21/80; New York Times 9/24/80 and 11/12/80; Sunday Tribune 12/11/77; Africa Report Sept-Oct 1980 1977-1980 Used for the Rickert Commission literacy findings, the 1980 boycott deaths, planned training centres, compulsory education plans, population projections and Oppenheimer's statement.
Massie (1997) Newspapers: New York Times, South African press (Rand Daily Mail, Cape Times, Star, Argus), Harvard Crimson, Columbia Spectator 1960-1995 Primary basis for event chronology, quotes, and public reactions.
Rodman (1995a) Press and trade periodicals (New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Petroleum Economist, Middle East Economic Digest, Financial Mail, The Economist, etc.) 1979-1994 Documents specific corporate decisions (Castle and Cooke, Exxon, Occidental, Bank of America loan, bank debt conversion, disinvestment).
Rodman (1995b) Business press and trade periodicals (New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Petroleum Economist, Middle East Economic Digest, The Economist, Financial Mail, Fortune, etc.) 1979-1994 Document specific corporate decisions (Exxon's Libya exit, Castle and Cooke, bank reschedulings, 70 percent conversion of U.S. bank debt).
Rustomjee (1991) Press reports (Financial Times, The Times, Financial Mail, UK press on Pensions Investment Research Consultants survey, South African press) 1988-1990 Used for the De Beers/Minorco restructuring, ANC economic policy discussion, investor reluctance and sanctions-busting anecdotes.
Teoh et al. (1999) Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post news reports 1985-1990 Used to identify earliest disclosure of legislative events, event descriptions and pension fund divestment announcements.
Wright and Ferris (1997) Press reports on South African reform and U.S. sanctions (USA Today, 4 January 1994; Wall Street Journal 1994) 1994 Cited to support the narrative that pressure to divest built up and that U.S. business contributed to apartheid reform.
Yudelman and Jeeves (1986a) Toronto Globe and Mail, July 30 and August 5, 1985; S.A. Mining World, Dec 1983; Optima articles (Gemmill 1952; Wilson 1984) 1952-1985 Document Botha's threat to expel migrants, Fleischer's comments on SALC, and Gemmill's northern recruiting targets.
Yudelman and Jeeves (1986b) Toronto Globe and Mail, 30 July and 5 August 1985; S.A. Mining World, December 1983 1983-1985 Document Botha's threat to return foreign migrants, Ramaphosa's response, and SADCC labour commission aims.
Zunes (1999) Newspaper and broadcast items: Lelyveld, New York Times 12 Oct 1983; NPR 'All Things Considered' 3 June 1987; Weekly Argus editorial 1989 1983-1989 Used for assessments of ANC military weakness, Alexandra's alternative government, and the decline of state authority.