Publisher's Synopsis
Addressing the question everyone asks about economic sanctions this book specially commissioned by the Australian Government, presents an argument for why financial sanctions are needed to compel change in South Africa.;It explains the interplay between international finance and the social and economic structures of Apartheid. It demonstrates how the social policies of the regime of South Africa have brought the economy of the country to crisis point and to a situation which cannot be resolved without access to the world's stock of savings.;The book shows how international sanctions can work to provide the vital ingredients that can lead to change and a new constitutional settlement that meets the aspirations of the vast majority of people of South Africa.