Simone Claar is post-doc researcher at the Working Group Globalization & Politics at the University of Kassel and Senior Policy Advisor for Teacher Education at the German Education Union, Germany. Alongside a previous position as Researcher in the Department of Political Science at the University of Kassel, she worked as a Research Associate at Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany. Her research interests include capitalism, emerging markets, development and trade, class analysis and the postcolonial state.

• Chapter 1. Introduction and Theoretical Focus.- Chapter 2. National Context: Contemporary South African Capitalism, the State and its policy.- Chapter 3. Transnational Context: International Trade Relations.- Chapter 4. South African Capitalist Classes: from Mining to Agriculture.- Chapter 5. South Africa’s Political Elite and its Political Objectors.- Chapter 6. South Africa’s Popular Classes.- Chapter 7. South Africa’s Economic State Apparatuses.- Chapter 8. The EU–SADC EPA: Road Map and Conflicts (2006–2010).- Chapter 9. Class Fractions Perspectives on the Conflicting EPA Issues.- Chapter 10. Restart of the EU–SADC EPA Negotiation and its Outcome.- Chapter 11. Conclusion.

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Simone Claar is post-doc researcher at the Working Group Globalization & Politics at the University of Kassel and Senior Policy Advisor for Teacher Education at the German Education Union, Germany. Alongside a previous position as Researcher in the Department of Political Science at the University of Kassel, she worked as a Research Associate at Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany. Her research interests include capitalism, emerging markets, development and trade, class analysis and the postcolonial state.

• Chapter 1. Introduction and Theoretical Focus.- Chapter 2. National Context: Contemporary South African Capitalism, the State and its policy.- Chapter 3. Transnational Context: International Trade Relations.- Chapter 4. South African Capitalist Classes: from Mining to Agriculture.- Chapter 5. South Africa’s Political Elite and its Political Objectors.- Chapter 6. South Africa’s Popular Classes.- Chapter 7. South Africa’s Economic State Apparatuses.- Chapter 8. The EU–SADC EPA: Road Map and Conflicts (2006–2010).- Chapter 9. Class Fractions Perspectives on the Conflicting EPA Issues.- Chapter 10. Restart of the EU–SADC EPA Negotiation and its Outcome.- Chapter 11. Conclusion.

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Simone Claar is post-doc researcher at the Working Group Globalization & Politics at the University of Kassel and Senior Policy Advisor for Teacher Education at the German Education Union, Germany. Alongside a previous position as Researcher in the Department of Political Science at the University of Kassel, she worked as a Research Associate at Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany. Her research interests include capitalism, emerging markets, development and trade, class analysis and the postcolonial state.

• Chapter 1. Introduction and Theoretical Focus.- Chapter 2. National Context: Contemporary South African Capitalism, the State and its policy.- Chapter 3. Transnational Context: International Trade Relations.- Chapter 4. South African Capitalist Classes: from Mining to Agriculture.- Chapter 5. South Africa’s Political Elite and its Political Objectors.- Chapter 6. South Africa’s Popular Classes.- Chapter 7. South Africa’s Economic State Apparatuses.- Chapter 8. The EU–SADC EPA: Road Map and Conflicts (2006–2010).- Chapter 9. Class Fractions Perspectives on the Conflicting EPA Issues.- Chapter 10. Restart of the EU–SADC EPA Negotiation and its Outcome.- Chapter 11. Conclusion.

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