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In Chapters 2 and 3, the semi-periphery-periphery relationship between the political economies of Swaziland and South Africa was established to provide a context for analysing women and textile industrialisation. This chapter is devoted to an analysis of the Lesotho political economy for purposes of interperipheral comparison. In some of the literature on Swaziland, it has been suggested that instead of comparing it to Botswana and Lesotho a more apt comparison is Zimbabwe.1 Certainly, Swaziland’s sizeable European population distinguishes it from Botswana and Lesotho. However, there are historical similarities among these countries.
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Harris, B.J. (1993). A Lesotho Comparison: Elusive Industrialisation and Labour Migration. In: The Political Economy of the Southern African Periphery. International Political Economy Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-22461-6_7
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