Nicolas Pons-Vignon

University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland · Department of Business Economics, Health and Social Care (DEASS)

Les mauvaises conditions de travail et le système de sous-traitance rendent la mobilisation syndicale difficile parmi les salariés du géant logistique DPD en Suisse, qui s’est opposé à un mouvement de livreurs demandant de choisir librement leur syndicat. Le secteur fonde en effet sa croissance sur une organisation du travail qui vise à évincer la...

Malgré la prégnance de la référence à l’État développeur dans les politiques économiques sud-africaines, personne ne considère à ce jour sérieusement le pays comme tel. Pire, la corruption qui gangrène les hautes sphères de l’Etat semble au contraire suggérer l’émergence d’un État prédateur. Cet article analyse l’Afrique du Sud post-apartheid au pr...

Après avoir identifié quelques-uns des multiples biais intellectuels qui obèrent trop souvent l’analyse de la réalité économique africaine, cette introduction précise la perspective de ce numéro. Il tente de définir l’esprit d’une économie politique lucide appliquée aux pays d’Afrique, avant de présenter brièvement les articles du dossier.

Composizione, protezione sociale, crisi pandemica Spartaco Greppi, Centro competenze lavoro, welfare e società, SUPSI-DEASS, Manno Francesco Giudici, Dottore in scienze sociali e ricercatore, Bellinzona Carlo Marazza, Avvocato, già direttore dell'Istituto delle assicurazioni sociali, Bellinzona Christian Marazzi, Centro competenze lavoro, welfare e...

En janvier 2019, un salaire minimum national fixé à 20 rands par heure est entré en vigueur en Afrique du Sud ; environ un tiers des salariés formels gagnait moins de ce montant. Si la démocratisation s’est accompagnée de réformes du marché du travail, la structure des salaires n’avait pas changé. Les salaires minimaux, fixés par secteur, n’avaient...

Technological change has brought about rapid changes in the world of work over the past decade. The World Bank’s World Development Report 2019: The Changing Nature of Work is a welcome contribution as it discusses the transformations that are taking place and tries to advise governments on how best to adapt to them. The report also brings out the c...

Subcontracting as a Contemporary Form of Exploitation: Three Cases: South Africa, Australia and France Subcontracing can be analysed as a contemporary form of extraction of surplus labour, which activates the principle of economic dependency within the framework of the relations between companies. It thus contributes to the bypassing of labour law...

Die Abschaffung des Apartheid-Regimes brachte große Erwartungen bezüglich einer Veränderung des Arbeitsmarktes mit sich (Pons-Vignon und Anseeuw 2009). Dies war bedingt durch die Schlüsselrolle der Gewerkschaften beim Umsturz der Minderheitsherrschaft – sowohl als politische Macht, als auch durch die erfolgreiche Unterdrückung des rassistischen Arb...

As the Rainbow Fades Away: Is South Africa an Emerging Country? South Africa’s socio-economic performance does not confirm its widespread characterization as an “emerging” country. In contrast with the unconvincing argument that an imaginary rigid labour market acts as an obstacle to growth, this paper shows that structural changes, from premature...

This article explores post-apartheid South Africa's commitment to macro-economic orthodoxy. Its key argument is that South Africa offers an exemplary case of neoliberal deepening which has entailed three interconnected processes: ideological conversion, a stated focus on poverty and development covering a deep commitment to orthodox macro policies,...

This is a review article; its purpose is to support a debate on the use of the best available economic theory and evidence in monetary policy in contemporary South Africa. In order to do so, I contrast South Africa's laissez-faire management of capital flows with the experience of other countries where the authorities have opted to use capital cont...

The end of apartheid created great expectations for the majority of South Africans in terms of political, but also social and economic change. At first glance, significant progress has undoubtedly taken place, beginning with the adoption of a very progressive Constitution and legislation protecting civil, economic and social rights. However, 15 yea...

The South-African paradox : labour conditions since the end of apartheid Without question, South Africa has made significant progress since the end of apartheid and the adoption of a very progressive Constitution and legislation, protecting civil, economic and social rights. Nevertheless, based on a detailed description and analysis of the evolutio...

Land dynamics are context specific and rapidly changing, and conflicts related to them do not systematically escalate into violence. One way of framing the discussion is to consider change in the structures of power governing the management of resources in rural areas as necessary to achieve greater efficiency and equity. Since such change will be...

Monitoring changes in public awareness and attitudes in rich countries towards aid and other international development policy issues is extremely difficult: due to lack of systematic polling or monitoring, there is no reliable, comparable data across DAC member countries. This paper suggests a way to address this problem: a common questionnaire for...