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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792366303321

Autore

Andreasson Stefan

Titolo

Africa's development impasse : rethinking the political economy of transformation / / Stefan Andreasson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, England : , : Zed Books, , 2010

[London, England] : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2021

ISBN

1-350-21818-9

1-78032-750-1

1-282-54346-6

9786612543463

1-84813-544-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (269 p.)

Disciplina

338.96

Soggetti

Economic development - Africa

Economic development - Africa - Regional disparities

African history

Africa Economic conditions

Africa Economic conditions Regional disparities

Africa Politics and government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Foundations for development in Southern Africa -- The elusive developmental nexus -- Beyond development -- Botswana: paternalism and the developmental state -- Zimbabwe: the failing state revisited -- South Africa: normalization of uneven development.

Sommario/riassunto

"Orthodox strategies for socio-economic development have failed spectacularly in southern Africa. Neither the developmental state nor neoliberal reform seems able to provide a solution to Africa's problems." "Africa's Development Impasse analyses this failure and explores the potential for alternatives. Examining why Botswana, Zimbabwe and South Africa have been unable to overcome a debilitating colonial legacy, the book argues that it is time to rethink the political economy of development. Building on the path-breaking



work of post-development theorists, Stefan Andreasson navigates a new way through the current development impasse." "This important fusion of theory with empirical case studies is essential reading for students of development politics and Africa."--Jacket.