Journal of Development Studies Vol 37 No 2 2007 ISSN 0304-615x Transcending two economies – renewed debates in South African political economy Special issue of the University of South Africa Development Studies journal Africanus, November 2007 CONTENTS Introduction: Two economies – or one system of superexploitation Patrick Bond 1 PART ONE: HISTORICAL, THEORETICAL AND EMPIRICAL DIAGNOSTICS Articulation from feudalism to neoliberalism Michael Perelman 22 Wolpe’s legacy of articulating political economy Ari Sitas 39 Changing concepts of articulation Gillian Hart 46 Capitalism and racist forms of political domination David Masondo 66 ‘Rational ignorance’ and South African poverty statistics Charles Meth 81