The Political Economy of Development and Underdevelopment in Africa

The Political Economy of Development and Underdevelopment in Africa

Author: Toyin Falola

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-06-07

Total Pages: 453

ISBN-13: 1136683801

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While Africa is too often regarded as lying on the periphery of the global political arena, this is not the case. African nations have played an important historical role in world affairs. It is with this understanding that the authors in this volume set out upon researching and writing their chapters, making an important collective contribution to our understanding of modern Africa. Taken as a whole, the chapters represent the range of research in African development, and fully tie this development to the global political economy. African nations play significant roles in world politics, both as nations influenced by the ebbs and flows of the global economy and by the international political system, but also as actors, directly influencing politics and economics. It is only through an understanding of both the history and present place of Africa in global affairs that we can begin to assess the way forward for future development.


The Political Economy of Underdevelopment

The Political Economy of Underdevelopment

Author: Rita Cruise O'Brien

Publisher: SAGE Publications, Incorporated

Published: 1979-05

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13:

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Monograph (essays) on the economic policy of underdevelopment and dependence in Senegal - analyses historical origins and later trends, impact of colonialism on the agrarian structure and social change, role of France and Lebanese entrepreneurship, the urban area informal sector in Dakar, wages in the industrial sector, education and social conflict, capitalist farming, relations between the ruling class and the peasantry, etc., and includes an annotated bibliography pp. 228 to 274 on dependence in Africa. Maps and references.


The Political Economy of Development and Underdevelopment

The Political Economy of Development and Underdevelopment

Author: Charles K. Wilber

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 676

ISBN-13:

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A reader intended for courses in economics or political science departments on development, political economy, or economic development issues, this book takes a critical look at historical and present day aspects of economic development.


A Political Economy of Africa

A Political Economy of Africa

Author: Claude Ake

Publisher: Longman Publishing Group

Published: 1981

Total Pages: 220

ISBN-13:

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Monograph comprising a compilation of essays on the economic policy of Africa - examines historical development of dependence within the international capitalist system (role of developed countries and of multinational enterprises), discusses social stratification, cultural factors, social role of women, etc., and includes ideologycal statements representative of African development policies (incl. Agricultural policies). Bibliographys.


African Political Economy in the Twenty-First Century

African Political Economy in the Twenty-First Century

Author: Emeka C. Iloh

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2023-09-12

Total Pages: 401

ISBN-13: 1666930369

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African Political Economy in the Twenty-First Century: Theories, Perspectives, and Issues edited by Emeka C. Iloh, Ernest T. Aniche, and Stephen N. Azom fills the gap in the discourses on African political economy from an African perspective. Since the end of colonialism in the second half of the twenty-first century, a wide-ranging debate has opened on the future of African development and the nature and character of its political economy, especially as it concerns its web of relationships in the international political and economic system. Two decades into the twenty-first21st century, the debate still rages on and is likely to continue for a long time. This book contributes to the debate by addressing the important question of how African countries can strategically and tactically approach global political economy at multilateral, continental, and regional levels in view of North-South versus South-South configurations. African Political Economy in the Twenty-First Century further suggests how African countries can effectively utilize global forces to Africa’s advantage in advancing domestic, regional, and continental development objectives.


The Political Economy of Underdevelopment in the Global South

The Political Economy of Underdevelopment in the Global South

Author: Justin van der Merwe

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2019-01-07

Total Pages: 216

ISBN-13: 3030050963

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This book presents a new theory explaining underdevelopment in the global South and tests whether financial inputs, the government-business-media (GBM) complex and spatiotemporal influences drive human development. Despite the entrance of emerging powers and new forms of aid, trade and investment, international political-economic practices still support well-established systems of capital accumulation, to the detriment of the global South. Global asymmetrical accumulation is maintained by ‘affective’ (consent-forming hegemonic practices) and ‘infrastructural’ (uneven economic exchanges) labours and by power networks. The message for developing countries is that ‘robust’ GBMs can facilitate human development and development is constrained by spatiotemporal limitations. This work theorizes that aid and foreign direct investment should be viewed with caution and that in the global South these investments should not automatically be assumed to be drivers of development.


The Political Economy of Contemporary Africa

The Political Economy of Contemporary Africa

Author: Peter Claus Wolfgang Gutkind

Publisher: SAGE Publications, Incorporated

Published: 1976

Total Pages: 324

ISBN-13: 9780803905061

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Essays on trends regarding the economic policy, economic implications and social implications of capitalism in Africa South of Sahara - covers historical and sociological aspects; includes chapters on dependence, the role of the peasantry and traditional society in rural development, proletarianization and the evolution of social classes, socio-economic role of foreign investment, White political power structures in Southern Africa, etc. Bibliography, references, statistical tables.